She explained that wasps living on the marshes would be used to sharing their habitat with roaming cattle and sheep. To test her own “ungulate” instincts, she jokingly walked through the office like a “browsing cow”.
The wasps are expected to leave their nest naturally in the autumn.
She said: “The intention is just to leave it be and eventually they will all leave. The females who emerge will then go off and try and hibernate and come back next spring as queens. All the worker wasps will eventually die off and go hunting for food.”
A photograph of the wasp nest was shared by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, external, which joked: “Thousands of new colleagues moved in without permission, skipped recruitment entirely and ignored the office hot-desking policy.”
Although the post prompted mixed reactions in the comments, Rothney said there was no need for people to be frightened of the wasps.
She said: “I would encourage people, if you’ve got wasps that are bothering you, just to keep calm and try and move away. If you keep calm, they will sense that and won’t feel threatened.”
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Source: www.bbc.co.uk