Post by greatbluehopeful on Apr 21, 2020 8:01:42 GMT
Well, I'm not a fan of wasps at all - in fact I HATE them really, and have been stung only last year - 1st time in about 30 years!! Nasty.
Wasps are great for the garden, and do some pollinating and alot of pest control. In the interest of trying to be 'nature friendly', I'll do it this way for now.... more importantly as they are in the bird boxes, don't want to spray anything in their that might effect the birds. As sure we'll see...I might have to do something different if they are persistant.
But so far so good, Ms McQueen has now left the box, I'd like to think she paused momentarily when it saw the 'decoy' and shuddered in fear.
Anyway she flew off...she has not been back since - too early to say whether it worked or not...but wouldn't it be great if it did!!
Here is a picture of the work so far in the GTs Aldi box....it slow progress but going in the right direction.
Also, there appears to be three of them?...thought so yesterday but wasn't sure, but now today having observed the activity from outside there is definitely a trio of GTs flitting around the box and feeding together etc - whats that all about???.
Wasps are great for the garden, and do some pollinating and alot of pest control. In the interest of trying to be 'nature friendly', I'll do it this way for now.... more importantly as they are in the bird boxes, don't want to spray anything in their that might effect the birds. As sure we'll see...I might have to do something different if they are persistant.
But so far so good, Ms McQueen has now left the box, I'd like to think she paused momentarily when it saw the 'decoy' and shuddered in fear.
Anyway she flew off...she has not been back since - too early to say whether it worked or not...but wouldn't it be great if it did!!
Here is a picture of the work so far in the GTs Aldi box....it slow progress but going in the right direction.
Also, there appears to be three of them?...thought so yesterday but wasn't sure, but now today having observed the activity from outside there is definitely a trio of GTs flitting around the box and feeding together etc - whats that all about???.