Why wasps ?
by Lewis, 28 January, 2018, 1 comments
Generally speaking, honey bees and bumblebees have a "good press", wasps do not. Bees are associated with honey and the pollination of flowers and fruit trees. Wasps are often associated with being stung and with disrupting our meals when dining "al fresco".
Why is it that wasps want to invade our space and our meals?
Wasps, like bees, like sugary things (e.g. nectar). During the Spring and Summer, wasps can obtain sugars from the larvae that they are rearing back in their nest. The worker wasps hunt for insects in our gardens amongst the flowers and vegetables, and take back their prey to the nest. The prey is then fed to the larvae - which need a protein-rich diet in order to grow. In return, the larvae secrete (from their salivary glands) a sugar-rich fluid and the adults feed upon this. Read more...
