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Page last updated at 09:48 GMT, Wednesday, 26 August 2009 10:48 UK

Wasps cause havoc at Dyrham Park

There are more wasps around this summer than there have been for a decade and it's causing some problems for local attractions.

Dyrham Park near Bath actually had to evacuate it's tea garden recently after an infestation.

Experts say that the high number of wasps this summer is due to a warm spell between February and April, when the queens were able to establish their nests.

BBC Points West's Alex Lovell chats to Oliver Madge from the British Pest Control Association and Maurice Flynn from the National Trust about the problem.

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