My neighbour is elderly and lives alone. She said there was hundreds of baby wasps coming into her bathroom covered in white powder dying. She asked what the man was doing in my garden. I explained we had a wasps nest and the wasps were coming out of their nest an attacking us, I have a disabled 5 year old and the garden is his safe place and he spends most of his waking hours out there, so I couldn’t have these wasps ruining our whole summer holiday and not allowing my 5 year old son to play in his own garden. So I called someone to come and take care it.
now my neighbour thinks that’s evil that I killed hundreds of baby wasps instead of keeping my child indoors for the summer until the wasps had gone….
i honestly don’t see what I have done wrong!! If they were not bothering us then I would have left them but as soon as we came out of our back door they were flying up to us trying to sting.
was I “evil” to have a wasp nest removed from my garden ?
AIBU?
Neighbour thinks im even for exterminating a wasps nest
PinkBump2022 · 28/07/2022 15:14
Am I being unreasonable?
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POLLDiscovereads · 28/07/2022 15:16
YANBU to have the wasps exterminated, but you should have forewarned your neighbour so she could have closed her windows. It’s not nice to have to put up with hundreds of dying wasps covered in poison flying in your bathroom window.
NeedMoreMilk · 28/07/2022 17:44
Also just remember wasps only sting if they feel threatened or protecting their colony.
I think wasps themselves have subtly spread this misinformation as
NeedMoreMilk · 28/07/2022 17:44
Also just remember wasps only sting if they feel threatened or protecting their colony.
I think wasps themselves have subtly spread this misinformation as
gnilliwdog · 28/07/2022 15:44
We do need pollinators, otherwise we all die. I would be worried the poison would spread to bees, birds, butterflies etc too. I did hear wasps get grumpy in late summer as they are hungry and coming to the end of their lives. We put sugar water out which I think keeps them calm and allows them to die happy. I can see why you would want to move them on, wish you had some other option besides spreading poison, though.
shootfromthehip145 · 28/07/2022 18:14
Actually scientific research has shown that bees and wasps have the ability to recognise human faces. It is thought this assists them in learning where to go, and more importantly where not to go and aids them in their day to day lives.
So this may explain why some go near nests and individuals and experience no problems, while others are stung without provoking them at all.
This is the same for Corvids such as crows and jackdaws that can identify individual humans that they have had bad interactions with and share this knowledge with the whole colony.
So may be show them a bit of respect and you wont get stung😊
NeedMoreMilk · 28/07/2022 17:44
Also just remember wasps only sting if they feel threatened or protecting their colony.
I think wasps themselves have subtly spread this misinformation as
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