By mid September I could not work in the front yard. Every trip across the lawn would bring a swooping attack of stinging critters with a buzzing sound. We looked everywhere for the source and could not find anything. We even wondered if they were nested in the ground and sprayed every hole that we could find. Following repeated counsel to "look up", Bob discovered the nest in this maple tree.
What beautiful handiwork.
When Bob bravely climbed the ladder in the dark of night and sprayed the nest, he hurridly jabbed a plug in the hole to keep them inside long enough to expire. These are wicked looking bees ? wasps?
This nest/bee hotel had at least 5 floors. We threw the whole thing into the flames of our first outdoor burning.
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Those paper nests are really something. We have found that the wind unravels them in the winter. Quite a trophy and glad you got rid of the stingers. Remember Uncle Brooks' funny letter about the wasps' nest, and trying to get Aunt Lorraine to lift the lid on the wood burning stove while he had the pests contained in newspaper? Ron's method is to take the fire extinguisher on a cool morning, and envelop them in the foamy stuff. Freezes them on the spot, and you can get rid of them, also. Kudos to Bob for being so brave.
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