Bald-Faced Wasps' Paper Nest

[marthyglaser]

I believe it's a Bald-Faced Wasps' nest that I have just found in a tree in our play area. We need to remove it. It's a lovely thing, and will be a good science project/artifact once the wasps are done with it.

Any suggestions? Know of any avid bee workers/lovers out there who would like to collect or help move it?

Thanks!

Martha

[ruthnew]

I believe it's a Bald-Faced Wasps' nest that I have just found in a tree in our play area. We need to remove it. It's a lovely thing, and will be a good science project/artifact once the wasps are done with it.

Any suggestions? Know of any avid bee workers/lovers out there who would like to collect or help move it?


Martha, Check with the Sonoma county Beekeepers' Association https://www.sonomabees.org/swarm A few on the list are willing to help with yellowjackets and wasps. Ruth

[bird]

Martha, Check with the Sonoma county Beekeepers' Association https://www.sonomabees.org/swarm A few on the list are willing to help with yellowjackets and wasps. Ruth
I used to work for Ca. State Parks, and we would wait for the wasps to finish w/the nest (in the fall). Then go out, cut the limb behind the nest, place in double garbarge bag and tie off.
If you need to get rid of the wasps now, I think the only way to do that safely is with an exterminator. Bald face are extremely aggressive and not to be messed with.
I would think that any State Park Visitors Center would be interested in the nest or most any elementary school. They're quite a work of art!!

[Braggi]

You might just want to leave the nest in place and enjoy the fact they eat flies. Here's a link to a fascinating web site. Be sure to click through all the pages to check out the amazing photos. Also be sure to read the comments as they are quite informative.

https://www.muenster.org/hornissenschutz/baldfaced/baldfaced.htm

Thanks for starting this thread since I never would have searched out this site otherwise.

-Jeff

[nicofrog]

Hi;
I was just working with a sprinkler 4 ft. away from a nest I didn't see and I only got stung once! I got lucky. I did not have an extractor with me so I squeezed out the poison by pinching the sting as hard as I could(this is counter intuitive) but it worked, in 5 min the pain simply went away!
a GOOD thing to have around in the summer is an extractor,Sawyer
makes a good one you can get in most camping supplies. Wasps are almost in a trance on a real cold night.Still get a professional to deal with um!. Nico


I believe it's a Bald-Faced Wasps' nest that I have just found in a tree in our play area. We need to remove it. It's a lovely thing, and will be a good science project/artifact once the wasps are done with it.

Any suggestions? Know of any avid bee workers/lovers out there who would like to collect or help move it?

Thanks!

Martha