Wasp in January - what to do...?

andy69

Hi guys, just wondering if I've done the right thing here - found a wasp on the floor in the hall (had door open for a while airing the house out a bit).

Anyhoo....poor thing is crawling really slowly and I wasn't sure what to do with it. I placed it in the garden under the hedges, and got some squirty honey and put a splodge of the honey in front of it.

should I have placed it somewhere else? it is quite sheltered under the hedges (I mean, I'm not gonna build her a little mini house or anything ...just wondering if I placed it in a bad spot....maybe in a crack between the stones on the house wall would be better do ye think?)

thanks,
Andy

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It was a hibernating queen awoken by the warmth of the house. A sheltered crevice or under loose bark would have been better as protection from extreme cold and predators but well done on trying to do the right thing. I would put them in the cold shed but people don't like the idea of a wasp hive in the shed come spring.

andy69

Barrett Sparse Gown wrote: »

...or under loose bark would have been better...

thanks

actually, as it happens, I have loose bark under the hedges so it can burrow itself under there hopefully