Wasps do not directly engage in collecting pollen, food and honey; whereas bees have the characteristics of collecting and storing pollen, food and honey. Wasps make their nests by paper, bees build it by wax. Wasp mouth parts are designed to chew food, for bees it is helps to lap liquid.
The major component present in wasp venom is a kind of protein which causes allergic reactions in people. The venom components comprise acetylcholine, histamine, serotonin, and kinin.
Worker categories of wasps live for 12-22 days whereas the average lifespan of queens is about 1 year.
All female wasps have the potential to become the queen based on the number of eggs they lay. Female wasps can lay up to 100 – 2000 eggs per day.
They eat insects, honeydew, pollen, nectar, fruits, pieces of meat and other sweet materials.
Wasps release alarm chemical stimuli called pheromones to communicate with the other colony members in case of threat. Their are also other types of communication known as Trophollaxic feeding communication. It is a type of food–related communication where worker wasps pass the food materials to feed the larvae.
After looking around in trees, under roof awnings, or even in the ground and anywhere nests may be, call a pro wasp exterminator for further advice.
The amount of species in BC is unknown, but we have at least 17 wasp species between paper wasps and yellow jackets alone. See 1st wasp video here.
Wasp extermination can vary in price based on location, type of wasp or hornet, the size of the wasp nest, and the chosen treatment to eliminate them from your building. The cost of wasp nest removal in Metro Vancouver ranges from $90 to $350.
If the source is the neighbors’ yard, ask them to check, but otherwise….