So...am I the only one that seems to be invaded with wasps?!

Here in our slice of Sask., there's been little to no wasps or hornets at all. I saw a few early on in the season, but very minimal. Last year was bad in the yard though! Caught them building a nest in the wood shed, but it got the permethrin treatment and they died. Of course they build a nest about 60 feet away in the trees and harassed us all year. I only found the old nest a few weeks ago.

I get a few small nests that start every year under the roof peaks at the soffit. No big deal knock em down wash em off and do it again next year. I do get some mud wasps on my stone mortar outside, same deal wash em off and move on

Very few this year so far . but will have lots when the apples start to fall
End of August and September

Have they been introduced to deal with emerald ash borer?
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/insects/eab-bbb-manage.htm#management

No issues here.

Kind of a funny story, my mother in law got us one of those "eye spy birdhouses" with the clear back you put in your window and you can creepily peak at the birds in their house. Well it's been stuck on our window for about 4 years and not one bird. This year and wasp decided to make it home. Started out like any other wasp nest with a few hexes then she kept making more. That was probably 1-2 months ago when it started. Now there's the queen and 4-5 workers in there at all times. The nest had grown substantially since the workers have hatched. I'm going to let the nest go until I decide its out of control or this winter when they move on.

If the nest grows beyond control I'll move it to another location. Plan of attack on relocation: wait until night, since wasps aren't active at night, and plug the birdhouse opening. Then I'll remove it from the window and take it out to the hedge row at work, which is well away from anyone, and attach it to a tree. Once attached to the tree remove plug and hope nobody inside is pissed off.

A pic of it

warno said:

. Plan of attack on relocation: wait until night, since wasps aren't active at night, and plug the birdhouse opening. Then I'll remove it from the window and take it out to the hedge row at work, which is well away from anyone, and attach it to a tree. Once attached to the tree remove plug and hope nobody inside is pissed off.

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Kind of reminds me of the story of the people who sold their house but brought their mailbox with them because they didn't want to change their address.

On east coast US and have carpenter bees, ground wasps, and hornets. Not an overabundance, but they are all on/near my house already