Hornets and wasps
Is it worth it to worry if your child is bitten by a wasp? By and large, no. Firstly, remember yourself at his age, and secondly, what measures did your parents or grandmothers take then: at best, they smeared the bite site with a Vietnamese “asterisk” and, reassuringly, stroked their heads. Therefore, even now it is not worth attaching special importance to this event, but it is necessary to keep in mind that the consequences of a bite can become more complicated. Further, the story will go just about what parents should definitely pay attention to if their child unsuccessfully met a wasp ...
The appearance of a hornet's nest on the balcony is, of course, an unpleasant phenomenon, but not fatal. There are several quick, accessible to everyone and, most importantly, fairly safe ways to get rid of such unwanted guests. We will talk further about how to effectively remove wasps from the balcony and at the same time not suffer yourself ...
In cases where wasps come to the site only to feast on sweet berries or hunt bee pollinators, but do not make their nest here, it is very convenient to fight them with the help of traps. Such funds are safe for the rest of the inhabitants of the site, easy to manufacture and operate. But the main thing is that the wasp trap allows you to really effectively catch these insects, reducing their number on the site to a minimum.Next, we will talk about how to make such a trap with your own hands and put it into practice.
Earth wasps in the summer cottage cause a lot of inconvenience. It is good if their nest is somewhere in a secluded place where people rarely appear. But what if they have arranged their own housing right in the middle of a flower garden or a bed of strawberries? It is impossible to approach such a place, cultivate the land, or harvest crops here. It is obvious that such an "uncomfortable" nest of wasps must be destroyed. Let's find out how to do it right and without harm to your health.
A nest of hornets is not the most pleasant surprise that can be found in a summer cottage, attic of a house or in an outbuilding. If you do not touch it, then you will constantly have to bypass the place where it is located. Agree, this is tiring ... If the nest is located above a frequently used path or directly under the roof of a toilet or a tool shed, then such a neighborhood can pose a direct threat to human health, especially for children. That is why, in most cases, the hornet nest in the summer cottage needs to be removed. But how to do it quickly, efficiently and, most importantly, safely? Let's figure it out...
There are many different ways to destroy wasps and hornets in a summer cottage, apiary or in a house. Most often - in the absence of the necessary knowledge and experience - for this purpose they try to use almost the first drugs that came across from cockroaches, and sometimes - various folk 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, the guarantee of one's own safety during the procedure. That is why, for the extermination of wasps and hornets, it is important not only to choose the right insecticidal preparation, but also to be able to use it safely. Let's find out what experienced fighters use with these dangerous insects to achieve the desired result.
Knowing first aid measures for a hornet bite is necessary for every summer resident, gardener, beekeeper or resident of a private house. Hornets always appear on the site unexpectedly, and attempts to drive them away or, even more so, destroy the nest often lead to insect attacks. Their bites in some people cause only swelling and pain, but for others they can even be fatal. Moreover, the physical strength or state of health of the victim does not play a role here - the severity of the reaction to their poison is determined only by the specifics of the immune system. 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 uterus in 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 than working individuals, and in wasps, it differs by an average of half a centimeter.Hornets immediately come to mind: if their working individuals themselves are huge and reach a length of 2.5 cm, then the uterus should generally be gigantic in size! Indeed, the main female hornet is actually larger than the worker insects, but the queen of large tropical species leaves a particularly strong impression of “enormity”. 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 does the largest individual in the hornet family look like? How does she live? Let's figure it out...
When you see a huge Japanese hornet live, Jonathan Swift's stories about the country of giants and the fight against giant wasps cease to seem like a fairy tale. Indeed, these hornets look incredibly large, even, one might say, fake, but, nevertheless, they are real, and moreover, they are a scourge for many Japanese villages and farms. Throughout the country, the Japanese huge hornet is considered one of the most dangerous and deadly: there are more deaths from its bites than from any other poisonous insects. What do these monsters look like and how dangerous are they to humans? Let's figure it out...
Almost everyone who has ever had the “pleasure” to experience the consequences of a meeting with 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 will reflexively shake them off their hands or necks, risking a bite.Is it worth talking about hornets that frighten a person with their appearance and huge size alone? Indeed, the bite of these predatory insects is much stronger than that of most of their relatives, and the stings of some large tropical hornet species are considered among the most dangerous in the world. What should be expected when attacking hornets? Let's figure it out...