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Kōrero: Wasps and bees

Wasp warning

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Wasp warning

Introduced common wasps have reached high numbers in parts of New Zealand, particularly in beech forest. There they feed on honeydew produced by scale insects living on beech tree trunks. This road sign is in an area of beech forest where there was a risk that road construction works might disturb wasp nests.

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University of Auckland

by Jacqueline Beggs

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Early, Wasps and bees – Stinging wasps, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11154/wasp-warning (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Early, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.