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Since the heat and dry weather in the Netherlands lasts for a long time this year, vespas are particularly active on your terrace or garden in your home, have you experienced it? Nature is also affected by the weather, and the food provided to insects and animals is reduced, so vespas will come to the places where humans live and take a sip on bread, ice cream or soft drink residues.
Wild wasps that appear in European regions such as the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, called Wespen in Dutch, are a type of wasp, and there are also some species of species, such as yellow wasps, black wasps, wasps and tiger-headed wasps.
Last year's Wasps in the Netherlands didn't seem to be as active, but after two years of rest, this year's momentum has come more strongly, because of the hot and dry weather, resulting in more hives.
By August, the adult wasps have grown and can go out to forage. They also like to eat human food, especially sugar and protein, which they bring to the larvae.
Dutch biologist Arnold van Vliet predicts that things will only get worse in the coming weeks. "There are two factors to this, one is that people sit outdoors and enjoy more sweets, and the other is that vespas have very few sugary foods that they can find in nature, so they rely on our human sweets." However, don't worry too much, 2009 is a peak year, and this year is not enough. More people may also encounter needle stings, but this is due to more outdoor activities. The expert said.
There are many species of wasps, and a French wild bee currently living in the Netherlands likes to nest under the eaves, but this wild bee is less fond of sweets, so it has fewer opportunities to appear in the terrace garden.
Some wasps can be extremely aggressive, but, in general, as long as they remain calm, these wasps do not actively attack humans and only resist when they feel attacked. Last week in France, the news that a 59-year-old Dutchman was stung by wild bees caused panic, but experts say that there is no problem only to pay attention, especially pay attention to whether there are wasps nearby when eating, such as straws or canned drinks, do not panic too much.
Benefits of wasps
The expert said that wasps are also very beneficial to humans, for example, for mosquitoes, ticks and flies, wasps are their natural enemies. A hive of 6,000 wasps can kill 500,000 flies and 130,000 mosquitoes in a week to feed the larvae.
In addition, vespas also contribute to the production of wine. Certain types of wasps feed on yeast, which is preserved in the queen bee's stomach and passed on to a new generation after hibernation, which in turn brings these yeasts to the grapes of the new season, giving the wine a unique flavor.
5 Tips for Dealing with Vespa:
1, see the wasp to keep calm, do not turn around;
2, kill a wasp, clean up immediately, do not let its smell attract other wasps to come;
3, wasps hate smoke, therefore, you can light mosquito coils around or something;
4. Clean the table with vinegar;
5: Cover the cut lemon or orange and other fruits with a lid, and do not let the wasps enter.