Topic: Beware wasps

[Yorkshire Sam]

I leave my gloves hanging up in my shed at the allotment by a bulldog clip ( helps them to dry in this weather). Went this morning to feed and water the chicks. As I had to dig out the water feeders from about 9 inches of snow I put on my gardening gloves. 10 minutes into doing the chicks I felt like someone had driven a red hot needle into my index finger!  A wasp had hibernated in my glove and obviously was a bit indignant to be rudely woken!

Lesson learned next time I will check my gloves before putting them on. RIP wasp

[lewic]

Yoww! My Dad was trying to get me to keep a box of bees in my shed over winter... accident waiting to happen methinks. Get well soon!

[Robert_Brenchley]

What sort of bees? Honeybees don't need to be inside, and other sorts would be dormant and no threat.

[PurpleHeather]

That is a good lesson to us all.

I give everything a good shake and rattle at this time of year before donning them on. These poor creatures will find any where warm to over winter

And who can blame them.