August 30, 2015

Natural Work of Art

Take a look at this...

It's a Bald Faced Hornet's nest and I think it is absolutely beautiful!  Although quite dangerous.  Harry and I discovered it hanging in the maple tree in front of our house and at first I thought it was a paper wasp nest.  But when the pest control guy came out to remove it, he told us it was a Bald Faced Hornet's nest and it was a good thing we called him.  Apparently they are very aggressive and up to 700 hornets can live in one nest.  Although I *hated* to have it exterminated, we had no choice.  It was too close to our home.  But I thought it was too pretty not to photograph and share.  It was also huge!  I learned the nests are made by the hornets chewing up strips of wood and mixing it with sticky saliva.  

When Harry took it down a couple of days later, we really got a close look at it and saw just how big and beautiful it really was.


Nothing like nature to produce something so pretty.  At least I think so.  


4 comments:

  1. So if Harry took down the nest, what did the Pest Control chap do? Presumably he used some chemicals to kill the hornets?

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    1. yes, Mark, he did. He put on his bee suit and pumped the nest full of chemicals. I *hated* for him to do that, but it was too dangerous to keep the nest where it was.

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  2. Wow, it is incredibly beautiful and incredibly big! I'm glad none of you were stung by the hornets!

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  3. It is definitely a work of art but getting rid of the hornets was wise. Such nasty creatures. They can sting multiple times and not die.

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