Wasp season in Lethbridge seeing average numbers, experts say

Wasps and hornets have become a bit of a pain in southern Alberta, especially as the summer winds down. “This year’s numbers are fairly average with previous years,” said Jessica Deacon-Rogers, program coordinator Helen Schuler Nature Centre. “So they start out with very few numbers in the spring and throughout the summer their numbers build, build and build,” she said. “So this time of year is when their populations are at a maximum in the colony that they li