hornet nest

[Happy Gilmore]

We have this bald face hornet nest with a view currently going.

 

[motownbrowne]

Here in France we are bothered by Asian hornets which are more aggressive than the local ones, and also eat the bees. I can handle the nests which are lower down. Early in the morning when the hornets are dozy I put a rag soaked in white spirit on the nest with a long pole. After a couple of minutes I put a lighted rag on it and stand well back. White spirit not petrol. This method has proved effective.
The nest in the photo was 40 feet up in an acacia tree and I had to get the local nest destroyer in.
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That's a nice one!!

 

[wngsprd]

We have this bald face hornet nest with a view currently going.

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So, I bet you have tapped that glass window a million times by now.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

So, I bet you have tapped that glass window a million times by now.

Who me?:drool:

 

[rekees4300]

We have this bald face hornet nest with a view currently going.

Great picture thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

 

[Pilot]

Jimmpatrick,
All I can say is OMG! That is one really bad nest!

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Was watching the hive again, if you look closely you can see one of the hornets eating his way out of its paper chamber within the comb. The larvae can be seen immediately above, pretty wild.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Just went and took a look, they're still busy at work, sorry to hijack

 

[Toyboy]

jimmpatrick
That is one he## of a big nest.... WOW

Happy Gilmore
That's better than watching the Discovery Channel

 

[Happy Gilmore]

It's pretty cool, we were going to take it down, but figured it was educational as long as we don't open the window. So it was left be. I guess it would still be educational if we opened the window, a lesson in why not to fool with hornets. It got me to do a little reading to understand what I was looking at. The life cycle is interesting, egg, larvae, pupae to adult. Really cool.