Wasp Nest?

[Kayakin2]

While driving my tractor around the yard I noticed this nest on my screen house. Interesting!

 

[BillBeyer]

hornet nest

 

[smstonypoint]

hornet nest

Yes. The hornets sting, but provide benefits by feeding on flies, etc.

Steve

 

[Kayakin2]

Thanks! May also pollinate the veggies? Plan to leave it alone till snow flies!

 

[MossRoad]

It looks like a hornet nest.... better whack it repeatedly with a stick to find out. :laughing:

 

[BigKansas]

Better call Billy The Exterminator!!

 

[dodge man]

They make a spray. I would empty the can in the opening, they run away screaming like a little girl:laughing:

 

[blueriver]

Get you buddy to play football with it ...

 

[Mike_Kanzer]

I just had an exterminator out to get rid of one of those that was about 2 foot around. They are called bald faced hornets and are a member of the wasp family. They are black and white and their stings are extremely painful. They will swarm to protect thier nests. If it is an area that you don't go near I would leave it alone as they will abandon it in the winter. Unfortunately my nest was in a bush right next to our garden. Mike

 

[rjkobbeman]

Spray a little expanding foam in the front door.

 

[Kayakin2]

Not in an area we use now! I am taking Mike's advice and waiting for winter!:thumbsup: (otherwise I might need a faster tractor....LOL)

 

[Thomas]

Old saying..height of nest divide by half and that's how much snow you'll get this winter..better keep those snow banks blown back.

 

[Thomas]

MossRoad.
It looks like a hornet nest.... better whack it repeatedly with a stick to find out. :laughing:
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[MossRoad]

MossRoad.
It looks like a hornet nest.... better whack it repeatedly with a stick to find out. :laughing:
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HEE HEE!!! :laughing:

Time for everyone to fess up.... how many of you, as kids, poked the tiger, so to speak, by tossing a rock or stick at a hornets nest?

I remember a very large one hanging over my grandma's driveway about 25' up and day after day wondering what would happen until the pressure was just too much and I couldn't take it... so I tossed a couple rocks and hit it a few time. The rocks would disappear inside the nest. The hornets would buzz and nothing bad happened to me. So I found some bigger rocks. Then bigger rocks. Then the mother of all rocks. WHACK!! The branch broke, the nest came down, the hornets came out, I ran, the hornets chased.... 4-5 stings, a lot of ice and tears and a lecture from mom followed. And besides that, grandma couldn't get out of her house through the front door. They made me go out with a garbage bag after dark and scoop up the nest quickly and fill the bag with RAID! :shocked:

I learned my lesson.... next time I used a slingshot! :laughing:

 

[Thomas]

I am in my 50's and still using and sort of weapon I can get my hands on..you think some would learn tho..OUCH..OUCH.

 

[Kayakin2]

This month I turn 60 and will wait for snow to remove the nest!
Of course, my tractor turns 6 months old and who knows what the grandkids will do! :laughing::laughing:

 

[/pine]

the nest does look like a black hornet's nest but the insect on the nest appears to be a yellow jacket....they usually build in the ground but not always...

The larva (worms) inside make fantastic trout bait...especially when the water is a little muddy from storms...

 

[Dozernut]

"MossRoad.
It looks like a hornet nest.... better whack it repeatedly with a stick to find out."

Hey Moss how about a video showing your stick whacking style on a hornets nest so we can learn the proper technique. I would hate to do it wrong and end up maybe hurting one of the little fellers.

 

[gauthier]

What you can do now,,is invite 3-4 people over,,,tell them you got a fun thing that many can do,,give all of them a small bucket of throwing rocks,,get up to 5-6 ft of nest,,everybody start throwing rocks,,nobody can move till you do,do it about 3-4 in an afternoon.,,fun ,,fun,,fun,,,than when you take off,,everybody runs,etc,etc,,,we used to do that actually for,,,,fun....:laughing:

 

[texasjohn]

Hmm... a different version of cowboy poker, wasps instead of a bull:thumbsup: