Wasps
Spring is when queen wasps emerge and begin building new nests as the temperature warms. By the summer, wasp nests are working nonstop, producing up to 300 eggs day and up to 5,000 adults to feed grubs and construct the nest.
You are most likely to encounter (Vespula vulgaris) & German Wasps (Vespula germanica)in the UK. Both species have striped yellow and black bodies and severe, potentially allergic stings.
Wasps are one of the most dreaded and possibly violent pests in Britain and are infamous for their painful stings and unprovoked attacks.
Wasps actually rarely attack people; they only do so when they feel threatened. The issue is that when a social wasp is in trouble, it releases a pheromone that causes colony members nearby to go into a defensive, stinging frenzy.
Wasp stings are at best painful, and at worst fatal.
If you’re sensitive to wasp stings then they can send you into anaphylaxis – a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
For local wasp removal and control MSE Pest Control are based in Keighley and cover all surrounding areas
| BD1 | Bradford City Centre, Little Germany, Goitside, Independent Quarter, West End, City Park |
| BD2 | Eccleshill, Five Lane Ends, parts of Undercliffe, Fagley, Bolton Woods, Poplars Farm, Swain House, Ashbourne, High House, Grove House |
| BD3 | Barkerend, Bradford Moor, Thornbury, Eastbrook, Pollard Park, parts of, Laisterdyke, Undercliffe, Wapping |
| BD4 | Bierley, East Bowling, East Bierley, Laisterdyke, Tong, Tong Street, Holme Wood, Dudley Hill, Tyersal, Swaine Green, Cutler Heights, Tong Village |
| BD5 | Bankfoot, Little Horton, West Bowling, Canterbury, Marshfields, Ripleyville, |
| BD6 | Buttershaw, Wibsey, Woodside, Westwood Park, Odsal, Staithgate, parts of Horton Bank Top (Cooperville) |
| BD7 | Great Horton, Lidget Green, Scholemoor, Horton Bank Top, Horton Grange |
| BD8 | Manningham, Girlington, White Abbey, Lower Grange, Four Lane Ends, Whetley, Longlands, West Park, Rhodesway, Crossley Hall, Belle Vue |
| BD9 | Frizinghall, Emm Lane, Heaton, Daisy Hill, Haworth Road Estate, Chellow Heights, Chellow Grange |
| BD10 | Apperley Bridge, parts of Eccleshill, Greengates, Idle, Ravenscliffe, Thackley, Thorpe Edge. |
| BD11 | Adwalton, Birkenshaw, Cockersdale, Drighlington |
| BD12 | Low Moor, Oakenshaw, Wyke, Lower Wyke, Delph Hill |
| BD13 | Cullingworth, Clayton Heights Denholme, Queensbury, Thornton, School Green |
| BD14 | Clayton |
| BD15 | Allerton, Norr, Wilsden, Sandy Lane |
| BD16 | Bingley, Cottingley, Eldwick, Harden |
| BD17 | Baildon, Shipley |
| BD18 | Saltaire, Shipley, Windhill, Wrose |
| BD19 | Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Scholes |
| BD20 | Cononley, Lothersdale, Cross Hills, Glusburn, Kildwick, Silsden, Steeton, Utley, Riddlesden, Sutton-in-Craven, Bradley, Farnhill |
| BD21 | Hainworth, Keighley |
| BD22 | Cowling, Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Cross Roads |
| BD23 | Carleton-in-Craven, Embsay, Thornton in Craven, Gargrave, Grassington, Hebden, Hellifield, Horton, Kettlewell, Kirkby Malham, Skipton, Threshfield, Tosside |
| LS18 | Horsforth |
| LS19 | Carlton, Rawdon, Yeadon |
| LS20 | Guiseley, Hawksworth |
| LS21 | Arthington, Otley, Pool, Blubberhouses |
| LS28 | Bagley, Calverley, Farsley, Fulneck, Pudsey, Stanningley |
| LS29 | Addingham, Ben Rhydding, Burley in Wharfedale, Burley Woodhead, Denton, Ilkley, Menston, Middleton |
| HX2 | Highroad Well, Illingworth, Luddenden, Luddenden Foot, Midgley, Mixenden, Mount Tabor, Norton Tower, Ogden, Wainstalls, Warley Town |
| HX3 | Akroydon, Boothtown, Copley, Hipperholme, Lightcliffe, Northowram, Norwood Green, Ovenden, Shelf, Shibden, Skircoat Green, Southowram |
Anaphylaxis is a medical emergency. It can be very serious if not treated quickly. If someone has symptoms of anaphylaxis, you should call 999 for an ambulance immediately.