Wasp/hornet nest

[Yooper]

Spotted this nest this morning and I have never seen one quite like it. From my limited research it could be the beginning of a typical paper wasp nest. Anybody know anything about this?

 

[Bmyers]

Looks like a start of a hornet's nest

I think your nest will turn into this

Then into this

depending on how big the hive gets

 

[motionclone]

Spotted this nest this morning and I have never seen one quite like it. From my limited research it could be the beginning of a typical paper wasp nest. Anybody know anything about this?

Never seen one like that but there has been a major uptick in hornet activity up here in Maine recently. Dont remember them making so many nests around. Maybe the 5g or covid is affecting them..lol

 

[Yooper]

This is a picture of the nest builder. I think it is a bald faced hornet from doing a little research. Most commonly found in the southeastern part of the U.S.

They eat just about everything including spiders. They also aggressively protect the nest which means I probably should take it down.

 

[hodge]

Bald faced hornets will tear you up. I've been push mowing, disturb the nest (I didn't hit it, the vibration got them worked up). and they chased me down- 40 feet away- and got me on the legs. I never knew they were there, until they got me. Mad as a hornet is a well earned phrase.

 

[michigander]

Early morning I would give them a spray can of bee stuff.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Or a pump sprayer with diesel; in it, right in the patio entrance in the early am.

 

[Magicman]

Yup, at night or very early in the AM. You want everyone to be at home.

 

[Lil Foot]

I posted this a while back as an option for long range wasp/hornet zapping:

Long Range Wasp Zapping

Recent posts about finding Yellow Jackets with your mower/tractor/chainsaw prompted me to post this...

www.orangetractortalks.com

 

[SidecarFlip]

We have Carpenter bees in the shed attached to the barn. I really should eliminate them but they are basically harmless, just clumsy and the bore nice round holes in my barn rafters. Ordinary liquid dish soap in warm water works well on all sorts of bees, They breathe through their skin so the dish soap suffocates them. My only issue with the 'Bumble Bees; is, they are clumsy.

 

[Magicman]

Carpenter bees do much more than drill a nice round hole into the rafters. They then turn 90 degrees and bore their nesting cavity. Woodpeckers hear the baby bees when they emerge from the pupa stage and will then peck and tear their way into the wood to reach their meal.

I just finished sawing Cypress this past Friday for a customer to rebuild his home's porch railing that was destroyed by woodpeckers tearing into the railing for carpenter bees.

 

[AndyM]

Those bald face hornet are scary aggressive. I had a nest that was built on a window so you could see into the nest - when they caught me watching they hit the window with such force it was quite unreal.

 

[D2Cat]

A Carpenter Bee trap is easy to make. Use any wood you have laying around. I used a 2x4 rough cut Cedar, and cut off pieces 4 1/2" long. Drill a 1" dia hole (which will be the bottom) about 3" deep in the center of one side. Then use a 1/2" drill to go at a 45 deg angle to come out in the one inch hole. Put some kind of clear container on the one inch hole to catch the bees. You can drill as many 1/2" holes as you have room to depending on the size of wood you use. More holes give more opportunities for bees to enter the trap.

They fly around looking for a dark spot on wood, which is the hole from their previous presence. They see the small hole in the trap and enter. They go up in the 45 deg angle, get into the 1" hole and go down. Now they are in the clear container, and caught.

 

[dirtydeed]

A Carpenter Bee trap is easy to make. Use any wood you have laying around. I used a 2x4 rough cut Cedar, and cut off pieces 4 1/2" long. Drill a 1" dia hole (which will be the bottom) about 3" deep in the center of one side. Then use a 1/2" drill to go at a 45 deg angle to come out in the one inch hole. Put some kind of clear container on the one inch hole to catch the bees. You can drill as many 1/2" holes as you have room to depending on the size of wood you use. More holes give more opportunities for bees to enter the trap.

They fly around looking for a dark spot on wood, which is the hole from their previous presence. They see the small hole in the trap and enter. They go up in the 45 deg angle, get into the 1" hole and go down. Now they are in the clear container, and caught.

D2Cat- I do the same thing here (log home). They work pretty well. Destructive little critters, but the woodpeckers trying to eat the larvae are even worse. I have much disdain for woodpeckers.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I use spray cans of brake cleaner with 6" long nozzles. Kills them dead real fast ! Hit the nest predawn or after sun goes down....

 

[Magicman]

It's not the woodpecker's fault. It is just trying to make a living eating bees. Bee control is your first line of defense.

 

[Yooper]

I use spray cans of brake cleaner with 6" long nozzles. Kills them dead real fast ! Hit the nest predawn or after sun goes down....

That's exactly what i plan to do. That stuff does the job fast!