This is the size of a wasp nest (slightly larger than a golf ball, photo taken on 2nd May) so far this nest only has the queen inside looking after her brood of 12 grubs. She goes out frequently alone and finds insects and other larvae to feed to them.

Once these 12 hatch out into worker wasps they will take over the building of more cells and will tend to the next brood of grubs and the feeding of the Queen who will concentrate her energy into egg laying.

The nest will grow very quickly after this (like a snowball gathering snow as it rolls downhill) as more and more grubs hatch into worker wasps.

It's not easy to spot a working nest until the number of wasps reach an amount that you can see being very busy flying in and out of a certain spot (from June onwards) ... this is when you may need to decide to have the nest treated.

If you are seeing what you think may be wasps at this time of year (May) They are probably bees. And we don't do bees.

So don't panic just yet.. it's too early for wasps!