My granddaughter Laura, aged 9, was stung by a wasp at 4 o clock this morning. Her bedroom window had been open, but was now shut, and the wasp must have been lurking, possibly under her duvet. She was stung on the big toe. This afternoon her mum took her and a friend to a local play park. As soon as they got there Laura put her hand on a wasp, which she hadn't seen, and was stung on the palm of her hand.
The apples are beginning to drop from my tree and the wasps get drunk on the fruit, if I don't get it picked up, and become nasty little b*ggers. My solution is a jar half filled with water and a bit of jam or honey. I cover the jar neck with cling film and pop a few holes in it, only just big enough for the wasps to crawl in, and put the jar under the apple tree. Once in they are incapable of getting out and they drown in the liquid.
