Keep calm and wear white - how to avoid wasp stings

It's been a bumper summer for the omnivorous pests - wasp expert Ben Aldiss explains how to stop your picnic getting ruinedIt's proving to be a bumper year for wasps but if it wasn't for the long, hot summer numbers would have been considerably below average. Hibernating Queen wasps require cold, dry conditions to successfully endure their six-month hibernation, followed by a prolonged spell of warm, dry weather in spring as they construct their nests and rear their first workers. Instead, much of the country received record rainfall, followed by ice, snow and very low temperatures. Continue reading...