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On 27 Apr 2004 11:08:19 -0700, (Lobster)
wrote:

A bit OT but I've seen quite a few threads here about them here...

I found four large, very dozy wasps in the bathroom yesterday.
Bathroom is currently open to the attic space because of some ongoing
d-i-y on the ceiling, so I'm sure they must have come from there.
We've had several nests up there over recent years.

But I thought only queens hibernated; is it really likely I've just
copped for four of the damned things at once? I don't know how much
bigger they are than normal wasps, but mine seemed on the large side
of 'standard'. If they were indeed queens, presumably the problem is
now over?

Apart from the ones that you haven't found yet ! I think the answer is yes,
it is queens that are now waking up and seeking out nest sites. I've
disposed of about 4 indoors already - they seem particularly adept at
finding their way in through barely open windows and ventilation holes.
Perhaps such things are interpreted as possible nest openings ?

I'd have a look up in the loft. You won't be in great danger as they are
still very dozy and quite probably all the queens have left anyway.
(Although to be honest I don't know how many you might get in one nest.
Last year's queen and all worker wasps will be dead, and this years' are a
result of late matings producing the only fertile females.)

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