.... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd 
behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain 
what's going on.

It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the 
guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering 
or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures 
that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a 
guard.  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a 
small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By 
a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in 
miniature.

Woss goin' on then?

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
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> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
-- 
Regards,
Andrew Marshall, G8BUR, M0MAA.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
news:FCsNzmFBQdTGFwrW@g8bur.demon.co.uk...
> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.

In message , Mike Faithfull 
 writes
>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can explain
>what's going on.

>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually enering
>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming a
>guard.

Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety 
of wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he 
walked past the nest one day.

>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away.  By
>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>miniature.

>Woss goin' on then?

Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest 
we had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some 
of the foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 
15 feet away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next 
morning.
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"Andrew Marshall"  wrote in message 
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> In message , Mike Faithfull 
>  writes
>>... when the wasps are doing their thing - but I've noticed some odd
>>behaviour that I've never seen before and am wondering if anyone can 
>>explain
>>what's going on.
>
>>It looks like there is a nest under the roof tiles, just abover the
>>guttering on the back of the house, but there are few wasps actually 
>>enering
>>or leaving it.  There is a cluster of about a dozen or so of the creatures
>>that seem to be either having a social get-together, or are maybe forming 
>>a
>>guard.
>
> Almost certainly the latter. We had a nest of the dark, French variety of 
> wasp last summer, and they attacked and stung my brother when he walked 
> past the nest one day.
>
>>  They are in constant motion, swooping and diving but never leaving a
>>small sector of airspace and neither entering the nest not flying away. 
>>By
>>a stretch of the imagination, it seems like a WW1 aircraft dogfight in
>>miniature.
>
>>Woss goin' on then?
>
> Sounds like they're indeed the 'guard' wasps. The ones around the nest we 
> had did much the same. We went to one of the DIY barns and got some of the 
> foam-type wasp nest destroyer. One five-second burst from about 15 feet 
> away into the nest hole did the job, and all was quiet the next morning.

Hmm .. very interesting, thank you.