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Cathryn



Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion
PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 14 4:13 pm    Post subject: Wasp nest Reply with quote
    

I was checking my hive before putting it out this morning and found this in it. I do seem to be working my way through the list of things that can go wrong when trying to keep bees.

Lovely nest though.



pookie



Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: Mid-Wales
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 12:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

fascinating constructions aren't they?

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There won't be any live wasps in it unless there is a queen hiding in there to keep warm, so at least you won't have a problem with it this year. You are finding that bees, and other animals and insects, never read the beekeeping books. They even confuse the most experienced beekeepers at times.

sgt.colon



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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Location: Just south of north.
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

pookie wrote:
fascinating constructions aren't they?


Yes they are.

What do they make them out of does anyone know?

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

chewed up partly rotten wood,a bit of mud sometimes and wasp saliva as glue

vegplot



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

sgt.colon wrote:
pookie wrote:
fascinating constructions aren't they?


Yes they are.

What do they make them out of does anyone know?


Timber sheds.

Lorrainelovesplants



Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Is it a wasp or hornet nest?

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wasp

hornet

the oval hole does look a bit hornety

Cathryn



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think it's a wasp nest. It's quite small as well.

Lorrainelovesplants



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The more I look at it the worse I feel.

I know Im a beekeeper and I love my bees, but wasps...yeuch! and hornets - well thats for Room 101.

madcat



Joined: 24 May 2008
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Location: worcester
PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 14 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Flying and having multiple sting capacity is nature playing rough.

Saying that it was quite ok having wasps in the roof of our bungalow when we lived in Merseyside. They went to all next doors noisy smelly barbecues to which we weren't invited

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 14 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We have hornets in the woods and they don't bother us much except when the queens are looking for a suitable place to set up home. We have to evict them from the working area as we don't really want a hornets nest in any of our sheds. They sound scary, but they just hawk around and ignore us.

madcat



Joined: 24 May 2008
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Location: worcester
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 14 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You are braver than me, fly n sting things are not my favourite.

sean
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 14 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

When we stayed in Asturias there was a hornet nest in the ceiling above the bathroom. Fortunately I had a roll of gaffer tape with me and was able to tape over the holes. Live and let live is all very well but huge stingy things coming out of the ceiling while you're in the bath leaves you feeling a bit vulnerable.

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 14 1:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



my live and let live policy has been stretched beyond let live a couple of times .when up on a roof demolishing a kitchen extension i had to jump for it and still had to go back and finish the job ,that was one time ,rewiring an attic was another .

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