1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks at be. 3 00:00:12,853 --> 00:00:15,653 Speaker 2: Rude Climb past is in the garden for us this morning. 4 00:00:15,733 --> 00:00:20,293 Speaker 3: Hey Rude, Hey, good morning. Have you got any troubles 5 00:00:20,293 --> 00:00:20,893 Speaker 3: with wash. 6 00:00:20,893 --> 00:00:22,533 Speaker 2: I do have troubles with wasp. I'm glad that we're 7 00:00:22,533 --> 00:00:23,053 Speaker 2: talking about this. 8 00:00:23,133 --> 00:00:25,493 Speaker 4: I know we've we've mentioned wasps before, but we've had 9 00:00:25,573 --> 00:00:28,213 Speaker 4: I've had a few bit of trouble with wasps at 10 00:00:28,253 --> 00:00:31,573 Speaker 4: our place. And there's actually a little nest on my 11 00:00:31,813 --> 00:00:34,293 Speaker 4: roof because we've got kind of like we've got a 12 00:00:34,333 --> 00:00:37,093 Speaker 4: skylight and there's some sort of flashing around the skylight, 13 00:00:37,253 --> 00:00:40,213 Speaker 4: and I think that the wasps have formed a little 14 00:00:40,253 --> 00:00:40,893 Speaker 4: nest in there. 15 00:00:42,213 --> 00:00:43,813 Speaker 3: It's are you see that nest? 16 00:00:44,133 --> 00:00:44,373 Speaker 2: Well. 17 00:00:44,493 --> 00:00:46,893 Speaker 4: I haven't stuck my head right down at because the 18 00:00:46,933 --> 00:00:48,893 Speaker 4: times that I've been up on the roof recently, it's 19 00:00:48,893 --> 00:00:50,133 Speaker 4: been in the middle of the day when it's been 20 00:00:50,213 --> 00:00:52,453 Speaker 4: quite hot and so the wasp been quite active. I 21 00:00:52,453 --> 00:00:54,253 Speaker 4: didn't think that was the time to be putting my 22 00:00:55,173 --> 00:00:57,693 Speaker 4: arm down in between the flashing or anything like that. 23 00:00:57,733 --> 00:01:00,773 Speaker 2: But yeah, it is, Like I. 24 00:01:00,733 --> 00:01:03,493 Speaker 4: Mean, I think people everywhere have them at the moment, 25 00:01:03,533 --> 00:01:06,293 Speaker 4: Like my mom and Dad's place get heaps or wasp nest. 26 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:10,293 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, sometimes if it's small nests, you know, with 27 00:01:10,333 --> 00:01:13,453 Speaker 3: the with an underside, with all those if you like 28 00:01:14,093 --> 00:01:18,573 Speaker 3: those little cells, then it's usually a paper wasp species, 29 00:01:18,613 --> 00:01:20,773 Speaker 3: you know, one of the things that makes literally upside 30 00:01:20,813 --> 00:01:24,333 Speaker 3: down nests. Uh. And and these guys and those guys 31 00:01:24,373 --> 00:01:28,173 Speaker 3: actually have finished basically already. What you see of paper 32 00:01:28,253 --> 00:01:30,933 Speaker 3: wasp nests at the moment is a whole lot of 33 00:01:30,973 --> 00:01:35,413 Speaker 3: these boys and girls literally having a leck display, which 34 00:01:35,453 --> 00:01:38,333 Speaker 3: is a lovely term for the boys are sitting there 35 00:01:38,413 --> 00:01:41,813 Speaker 3: trying to get a girlfriend before the winter, so that 36 00:01:41,893 --> 00:01:44,973 Speaker 3: at least you know that the sperm goes into the 37 00:01:45,053 --> 00:01:48,693 Speaker 3: next generation if you like. Yeah, right, and that is 38 00:01:48,813 --> 00:01:51,293 Speaker 3: that is actually quite cool to watch, because these wasps 39 00:01:51,413 --> 00:01:54,133 Speaker 3: are not interested in you. They're only interested in having 40 00:01:54,653 --> 00:01:58,573 Speaker 3: having a girlfriend coming. So they are the ones that 41 00:01:58,653 --> 00:02:01,373 Speaker 3: quite often make these little little nests on top of 42 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:04,133 Speaker 3: your roofs, are on the inside or whatever. Yeah, that's 43 00:02:05,413 --> 00:02:10,693 Speaker 3: but the buggers, either German wasps or the common wasps, 44 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:14,533 Speaker 3: and they have a totally they have a slightly different 45 00:02:14,853 --> 00:02:19,493 Speaker 3: technique at the moment, they make reasonably sizeable nests. We're 46 00:02:19,493 --> 00:02:25,373 Speaker 3: talking football size two footballs three footballs that sort of subside, 47 00:02:25,653 --> 00:02:31,653 Speaker 3: and if they have already survived one summer and one winter, 48 00:02:32,173 --> 00:02:34,693 Speaker 3: they can use that same nest or stay that nest. 49 00:02:35,013 --> 00:02:38,653 Speaker 3: And that nest could be two meters tall. Wow, unbelievable, 50 00:02:39,693 --> 00:02:43,533 Speaker 3: that's crazy. Oh yeah, yeah, no problem, and with millions 51 00:02:43,533 --> 00:02:46,373 Speaker 3: of cells, so that that, yeah, that would be a 52 00:02:46,453 --> 00:02:51,413 Speaker 3: nest that actually literally survives one winter, sometimes even two winters. 53 00:02:51,453 --> 00:02:53,053 Speaker 3: It becomes huge. 54 00:02:53,613 --> 00:02:55,413 Speaker 2: Right, yeah, Now, this is. 55 00:02:55,933 --> 00:02:58,493 Speaker 3: What we see right now. The queens are active and 56 00:02:58,573 --> 00:03:03,813 Speaker 3: they're looking. They're basically finding a place to hibernate. And 57 00:03:03,853 --> 00:03:06,173 Speaker 3: if they've lost their nest, that's okay. They're all on 58 00:03:06,213 --> 00:03:08,053 Speaker 3: their own and you can start. 59 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:12,453 Speaker 2: Again, right, so now the time to get rid of them, though. 60 00:03:13,373 --> 00:03:15,773 Speaker 3: Yes you could do if you like, if you if 61 00:03:15,813 --> 00:03:19,093 Speaker 3: you find queens and things like that, what they will 62 00:03:19,133 --> 00:03:21,133 Speaker 3: do is they are trying to look for a place 63 00:03:21,173 --> 00:03:26,213 Speaker 3: to hibernate. For instance, in my particular case, it's very simple. 64 00:03:26,733 --> 00:03:30,213 Speaker 3: Often in the firewood that I've got stacked, you know 65 00:03:30,213 --> 00:03:33,293 Speaker 3: what I mean, nice nooks and trains, little holes and 66 00:03:33,333 --> 00:03:35,933 Speaker 3: things like that. And when you pick up some firewood 67 00:03:35,933 --> 00:03:40,013 Speaker 3: to go and make your house form, and you you 68 00:03:40,093 --> 00:03:44,053 Speaker 3: pick the firewood without looking you sometimes can get done 69 00:03:44,093 --> 00:03:49,253 Speaker 3: by these wonderful stings. That's quite nicely, by the way. Yeah, 70 00:03:49,373 --> 00:03:51,733 Speaker 3: so you've got to be watching, watching for things like that. 71 00:03:51,893 --> 00:03:55,293 Speaker 3: They love sitting there, uh and that's basically what they're 72 00:03:55,333 --> 00:03:57,413 Speaker 3: going to do now. And they sit there in your 73 00:03:57,453 --> 00:03:59,613 Speaker 3: firewood or in nooks and cranies. You are in little 74 00:03:59,653 --> 00:04:04,253 Speaker 3: holes until this coming spring, and that's when it all 75 00:04:04,293 --> 00:04:08,973 Speaker 3: starts again with papermasey make brand new cells. And it 76 00:04:09,013 --> 00:04:09,813 Speaker 3: looks gorgeous. 77 00:04:10,573 --> 00:04:13,213 Speaker 4: Yes, it looks gorgeous until you've got the throwing wealth 78 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,373 Speaker 4: on your arm as a result. 79 00:04:14,653 --> 00:04:16,573 Speaker 2: Hey, thank you, ruy. Yeah, I do. 80 00:04:16,733 --> 00:04:18,813 Speaker 4: I need to get onto it on the tics check. 81 00:04:18,853 --> 00:04:20,613 Speaker 4: Stop being a whusk, get onto it. Yeah, all right, 82 00:04:20,653 --> 00:04:23,373 Speaker 4: I will. It was honestly really hot. I didn't want 83 00:04:23,373 --> 00:04:24,813 Speaker 4: to be stung on top of the roof. That felt 84 00:04:24,813 --> 00:04:25,853 Speaker 4: like a Rispeaker disaster. 85 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:26,213 Speaker 2: Okay. 86 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:30,253 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 87 00:04:30,333 --> 00:04:33,173 Speaker 1: to news Talks it'd be from nine am Saturday, or 88 00:04:33,213 --> 00:04:35,133 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.