Hornets and wasps
Is it really worth worrying if your baby was bitten by a wasp? By and large - no. First, remember yourself at his age, and secondly, what measures did parents or grandmothers take then: at best, they smeared the bite site with a Vietnamese “asterisk” and, reassuring, stroked his head. Therefore, it is not necessary to attach special importance to this event even now, but it must be taken into account that the consequences of a bite can be complicated. Further, the story goes just about that, which certainly need to pay attention to parents, if their child unsuccessfully met with the wasp ...
The appearance of a wasp nest on the balcony is, of course, unpleasant, but not fatal. There are several quick, accessible to everyone and, most importantly, fairly safe ways of getting rid of such unwanted guests. On how to effectively remove the wasps from the balcony and at the same time not to suffer yourself, we will continue to talk ...
In cases where the wasps arrive at the site only to feast on sweet berries or hunt for pollinators-bees, but do not make their nests here, it is very convenient to fight them with the help of traps. Such tools are safe for the rest of the inhabitants of the site, easy to manufacture and operate. But the main thing is that the trap for wasps makes it possible to really effectively catch these insects, reducing their numbers in the area to a minimum. Next, we will talk about how to make such a trap with your own hands and put it into practice.
Earthen wasps at their summer cottage deliver a lot of inconvenience. Well, if their nest is somewhere in a secluded place in which people appear rarely. And what if they arranged their own housing right in the middle of a flower garden or a bed of strawberries? Neither to approach this place, nor to cultivate the land, nor to harvest here is impossible. Obviously, such an "inconvenient" wasp nest must be destroyed. Let's find out how to do it correctly and without harm to their health.
The hornet's nest is not the most pleasant surprise that can be found at the dacha, attic of a house or in an economic building. If you do not touch it, you will constantly have to avoid the place where it is located. You have to admit that this is tiring ... If the nest is located above a frequently used path or directly under the roof of a toilet or a shed with tools, then such a neighborhood can be a direct threat to people's health, especially for children. That is why in most cases the hornet's nest at the dacha needs to be cleaned. But how to do it quickly, efficiently and most importantly - safely? Let's understand ...
To destroy wasps and hornets at their summer cottage, apiary or in the house can be a lot of different means. Most often - in the absence of the necessary knowledge and experience - for this purpose they try to use almost the first available drugs from cockroaches, and sometimes - various popular recipes. However, it is often forgotten that in the fight against stinging insects the most important thing is not even their quick destruction, but above all a guarantee of their own safety during the procedure.That is why for the extermination of wasps and hornets it is important not only to choose the insecticidal drug correctly, but also to be able to use it safely. Let's find out that to achieve the desired result, experienced fighters against these dangerous insects are used.
It is necessary for every summer resident, gardener, beekeeper or a resident of a private house to know the first aid measures for biting a hornet. Hornets always appear on the site unexpectedly, and attempts to drive them away or, especially, to destroy the nest often lead to the attack of insects. In some people, their bites cause only swelling and pain, but for others they can even be fatal. And here the physical strength or the state of health of the victim does not play a role - only the specificity of the immune system determines the severity of the reaction to their poison. So what should be done first of all in order to surely avoid serious consequences after a hornet bite? We will talk about this further ...
The womb of social insects is not only the most important, but also the largest representative of the family.In bees, it is about one and a half times more working individuals, and in wasps, it differs on average by half a centimeter. Hornets immediately come to mind: if by themselves their working individuals are huge and reach a length of 2.5 cm, then the uterus in general must have gigantic dimensions! Indeed, the main female of hornets is actually larger than insect workers, but the queen of large tropical species leaves a particularly strong impression of “immensity”. In addition, the life of the uterus is much more interesting than the existence of most of its descendants, and some features of its life cycle are truly amazing. What looks like the largest individual in the hornet family? How does she live? Let's understand ...
When you see the great Japanese hornet alive, the stories of Jonathan Swift about the country of giants and the struggle with the giant wasps cease to seem like a fairy tale. Indeed, these hornets look incredibly large, even, one might say, unreal, but, nevertheless, they are real, and moreover - are a misfortune for many Japanese villages and farms.Across the country, the huge Japanese hornet is considered one of the most dangerous and deadly: there are more deaths from its bites than any other venomous insects. What do these monsters look like and how dangerous they are for humans? Let's understand ...
Practically everyone who has had the “pleasure” at least once to experience the consequences of meeting bees and wasps, or simply saw it from the outside, is afraid of them. Of course, there are those who claim that they are not afraid of these insects, but they also shake them off the arm or neck reflexively, risking earning a bite. Should I talk about hornets, frightening people only by their appearance and huge size? Indeed, the bite of these predatory insects is much stronger than that of the majority of their relatives, and the stings of some large tropical species of hornet are considered to be among the most dangerous in the world. What should be expected when attacking hornets? Let's understand ...