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Sylvia

Sylvia Report 29 Aug 2014 01:09

I was stung about 25 years ago and felt unwell. 2 weeks ago on holiday I was stung for the second time and had a severe reaction. Had to go to hospital and was put on a drip. I now have adrenaline pens which cost me 90 euros but need to keep one with me at all times from now on. Husband was telling next door neighbours when we got back home and they have a wasps nest on their front porch which is on our side. They are waiting for them to die off. So I am avoiding them like the plague. :-(

Linda

Linda Report 28 Aug 2014 13:42

When my mum was a child she was playing hide and seek with her brothers and sisters it was her turn to hide and she stood in a wasps nest, she had long hair and her mother just cut all her hair off, but she was stung all over and at 91 is still scared of them.

Researching:
Wells Ealing and E/W Ilsley Webbs H/Wycombe Lambourns E/Ilsley Deacons E/Ilsley Cannings Derry

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 28 Aug 2014 08:32

Several years ago I was stung by a wasp, my face, arms, and legs swelled up, I had to be admitted to hospital - ever since then I have avoided wasps and bees like the plague :-(

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Dermot

Dermot Report 28 Aug 2014 08:23

A positive side of this tale is that there were no mice in residence because mice treat such creatures as a delicious delicacy - or so I'm told.

Sleep peacefully!

Sharron

Sharron Report 28 Aug 2014 08:16

OH had to put a queen wasp outside yesterday.

If she and her children were not so hot- *rsed I would be pleased to have shared a home with them. They are very beautiful and so useful.

I love wasps but like to keep my distance.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 28 Aug 2014 00:27

Dermot, not a spare bedroom tax avoidance - St Cross (where this nest was found) is a very salubrious area don'cha know :-D

Probably only one of the many 'spare' bedrooms

'local' news:

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11434279.Thousands_of_wasps_take_over_bedroom/

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Mayfield

Mayfield Report 27 Aug 2014 20:01

Imagine coming home a bit tipsy and crashing out in the spare room!!! :-0 :-0

Researching:
Moribus facit homo,

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 Aug 2014 15:39

:-D :-D :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Dermot

Dermot Report 27 Aug 2014 14:49

Spare room tax avoidance scheme, perhaps!

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 Aug 2014 14:26

A Hampshire pest controller said he took on "the biggest job of his career" after being called to deal with a nest of more than 5,000 wasps.

The pest controller, from Longwood Services Pest Control, said removing the 3ft (91cm) nest from a bed in Winchester was his most unusual job in 45 years.

He said it would have been "extremely dangerous" if the home owner had tried to remove it herself - he added "I just stood back in amazement."

The nest was discovered by the owner of a house in St Cross, in an unused spare room, where a small window had been left open.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28949601

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"