Wasps

We didn't see them untill about 3 weeks ago then kept finding sleepy ones on the landing and upstairs window sill. DH went into the loft and soon came out, there was a huge nest. When we went outside they were all over the wall near to where they were going into the loft.
Luckily our insurance covered it and the chap came out and sprayed from the outside with an extending tube, they no longer extract he said "Health and Safety".
We have to watch for anymore and report again,saw a lot in the garden yesterday so now on wasp watch.

My neighbour had a chap out to destroy a wasps nest yesterday. Funnily enough, I’ve hardly seen a wasp this year at all.

I think we’ve had fewer than usual. I’m allergic to wasp venom so Mr. B. zaps any that get in the house.

We were surprised that there were so few here this year. You are welcome to them in the UK. We have a plague of gnats. Usually the helicopters are out spraying the oxbow lakes and wetlands along the Rhine but there was so much rain in July that they couldn't keep up this year. It is not as bad as it was 30 years ago when we first moved here but it has meant that on warm evenings we gave had to stay indoors with the windows shut.

Normally wasps bother us a lot especially when eating outside. But not this year. Very few wasps, no eating al fresco.

Yup. And we have a nest in the compost bin that I am trying to kill with the hose.