- West Country
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Late season wasps
Wasps are enjoying a late season bonanza due to the cold weather early on and then a glorious hot summer.
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- David Woodland
Full Report: the invasion of the wasps
Cold weather early on and then a glorious, hot summer means there are huge numbers of the pests about.
Our Somerset correspondent David Woodland has some advice on how not to get stung:
Householders should wash out tins and bottles
Mark Blaker from the Somerset Waste Partnership said his staff had to be protected too:
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Unusual weather to blame for invasion of the wasps
The cold weather early on and then a glorious, hot summer means there are huge numbers of wasps about in the West Country.
Homeowner Richard Meadows said his home had been inundated with wasps: