Shropshire networking club members get big surprise
A Shropshire networking club got more than they bargained for at an early morning meeting when one of their members brought in the biggest wasp nest they had ever seen.
Members of the Severn Business Network, which meet at Shrewsbury Town’s Greenhous Stadium on a Thursday, are used to hearing tales of Jim Eaton’s work to clear Shrewsbury of pests but his prop at a recent meeting came as a surprise.
Jim, of Pestforce, said: “This was the biggest nest I have found for a long while. Part of it was spotted in a boiler room and when I investigated I discovered the rest of it had been hidden. A nest this size can hold about 8,000 wasps.
“Certain pests are always more of an issue in rural areas and Shropshire has quite a big problem with wasps. I also deal a lot with rats, mice, fleas, cluster flies, moles and bed bugs – which people often bring back from holiday.”
Jim told his tale to members at the breakfast meeting and photographer Stefan Greco took a few snaps to show the actual size of the nest in comparison to Jim, who always wears a bee suit when dealing with nests.
“A wasp nest itself is not dangerous, but the individual wasps when working together can be formidable,” adds Jim.
“Wasp venom can be life-threatening if you are allergic and if stung enough times people who are not allergic can be overcome by wasp venom. Wasps from a nest this size would be a formidable and dangerous force when aggressive.”
