Angry Wasps – Why? As we enjoy the last of a summer’s sun in the back garden, we often seem to get bothered by wasps more and more and they seem intent on dive-bombing glasses of drinks – both soft and alcoholic drinks. Why does…
Unfortunately I read each year that someone has died due to being stung by a wasp. The Sun newspaper reports today that Katrina Heaton could have died if a Doctor had not been passing by the area. Katrina had been carrying an EpiPen but was…
I have just been reading an article about a family getting attacked by wasps, the poor dog is in a bad way and the family have ended up with a large bill. This happened down by a river bank where the wasps will make a…
Aberkil’s week That is the end of another busy week at Aberkil, we have dealt with mice, rats, gulls, pigeons. The wasps have started to come in too. there is one insect that appeared and that is the varied carpet beetle, we have only dealt…
The phone rang today with regards to bedbugs and since the summer holidays are coming I thought that I would remind about the importance of checking your accommodation wherever you go in the world. Hotels etc are very much aware of the situation regarding bedbugs and…
Pigeons under solar panels The phone has been ringing lately regarding pigeons getting under solar panels, this can be a real problem as we had one lady where the company refused to come back and deal with a problem she was having with the panels,…
I was reading some news last week about a wasp nest that decided to set up home on an instrument panel of a plane of all places, I just hope it was not in mid air at the time. It reminded me me of some…
We are getting our kit ready here at Aberkil for the wasp season, that’s making sure the pumps are working and having a good supply of dust etc. The operators are getting their PPE ready which consists of head and face protection, gloves and beekeeper…
I think I have Bedbugs These are words that I have heard many times over the years, “I think I have bedbugs” , the majority of the time they surprised to hear that they do not have them. Once have interrogated them about the size…
I am absolutely delighted to announce that Aberkil are in the final for the TradesAdvisor Awards for two categories. The first being the innovative award and the second for health and safety. The results will be announced on the 12th June, please keep your fingers crossed…