General wasp etiquette
You should generally be fine with wasps. Not only because they react rather uncomfortably to annoying combat, but also because they are an integral part of the ecosystem and simply a part of reality.
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- When wasps nest in the ground
- When wasps take over the terrace
- When wasps visit us in the house
Therefore, prudence is required above all when dealing with the animals. Avoid adopting an angry attitude towards them, as that will make them persistent even more. Especially in the following cases:
- Unauthorized removal of nests from and from the house
- Plugging entry holes in nests
- Hectic behavior when visiting wasps at the dinner table
If there is a colony of wasps in your attic, in a shutter box or in the masonry of your home If possible, you should not try one yourself or at least not without careful preparation Start fighting.
When you move a wasp's nest yourself, you don't just have to be meticulous about the right time, the right one Pay attention to the method and the right equipment, but also to a sufficiently distant one Exposure location. If you take the prey no further than 2-3 kilometers from your home, the wasps will find their way back to their original habitat.
The place of a nest that has been removed - preferably by a specialist - or one that has been orphaned in autumn should be cleaned thoroughly to remove the wasp odor. In the following year he can induce other young queens to build a nest here again.
The same applies if wasps have nested in the window frame or in a facade insulation space. Another thing you should definitely not do here is to close the entry holes. First, by doing this, you get the trapped animals to continue to eat their way through the insulation material in order to escape. Second, individuals who have stayed outside react aggressively to closed entrances and by no means withdraw with resignation.
You can also trigger aggressiveness in wasps at the dining table by frantically waving and blowing away. If you behave like this, don't be surprised if many more wasps appear shortly afterwards. The very obvious attacks make them really angry, so they get reinforcements to fight back together.