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I better look closer next time - 10/25/2006 6:56:29 PM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline While I was under my house metal detecting after finding some old things, I turned and saw this right behind me...oh my! Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/25/2006 7:56:33 PM    HawaiiGlass4me   Posts: 70 Joined: 2/18/2004 Status: offline Hey Sherry, pic is too small. What is it? I'm guessing it's a wasp nest. _____________________________ Rick Always looking for oriental medicine bottles and Hawaii soda bottles. (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 2

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/26/2006 10:04:45 AM    towhead Posts: 904 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline  !!!!!!! _____________________________ J (in reply to HawaiiGlass4me) Post #: 3

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/26/2006 2:04:10 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline i would say hornets thats what it looks like to me better watch out for them they are mean _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to towhead) Post #: 4

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/27/2006 9:31:23 AM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline I think its a yellow jacket nest its the size of a beachball (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 5

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/27/2006 5:58:10 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline maybe so...........i thought yellow jackets lived in a hole in the ground _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 6

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/27/2006 10:34:11 PM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline Well it was hanging under the front poarch., looks like the pictures I have seen. kind of close to the ground.I was kind of laying under it, with my cell phone camera so it looks further. I could send it to you...lol Just kidding... smile What do you think it is? < Message edited by Whisperingwinds -- 10/27/2006 10:36:52 PM > (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 7

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/27/2006 11:25:50 PM    pearlnecklace71   Posts: 3 Joined: 10/27/2006 Status: offline It looks like the giant spider's nest in "Arachnaphobia". (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 8

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/28/2006 11:40:39 PM    madman   Posts: 4823 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline id say dont mess with it ........................... mike (in reply to pearlnecklace71) Post #: 9

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/29/2006 12:54:54 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 511 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline If thatnest was "hot", you'd have been nailed for sure. I was replacing some deck boards on our mountain cabin last year and got severely stung by a bunh of those little buggers. The nest looked just like that and was hangin' under the porch. That night I killed all of 'em with "Wasp Stopper", then burned the nest. There are several species of wasps in the yellow jacket family and can be either ground nesters or suspended nest builders. You should see the Bald Faced Hornets out here. They are over an inch of pure meanness and build nests as large as 2 ft in diameter. I use a shotgun on 'em, the run like hail. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to madman) Post #: 10

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/29/2006 1:41:03 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline My grandparents always used yellowjackets as weather monitors. If they found yellow jacket's in a tree then it was going to be a mild winter, in the ground then its gonna be a hard winter. I for one love bees, wild or tamer honeybee's doesn't matter. They serve a purpose and rightly deserve their place in the wild. I only have a problem with bees in close proximity to houses where people may be allergic to them. The only ones that make me nervous to be within a foot or two of them is the white faced hornets and the 2 and a half inch long brown ground bees. Those ones look like they could eat whitefaced hornets for breakfast. Swizzle (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 11

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/29/2006 6:13:47 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 805 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline This reminds me of the time I was digging and noticed all these bees flying around. I was digging right next to a rose bush and figured that's what they were after. So I'm digging along and notice the bees are getting thicker. I collapse a wall to enlarge the hole I was digging and BAM! All these bees were all over the place. Luckily I got out of there without a sting on me. Since the hole I was digging was producing some good milks I had to come back the next day and give the rest of them a drink of gasoline because every spray I tried proved ineffective. _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to swizzle) Post #: 12

RE: I better look closer next time - 10/30/2006 9:27:14 PM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline Wow! I was lucky then. I think it is dormant now.... My roommate asked me to get it down last week. I told him if I was going to die, then he was too! lol So he had to go with me. So we got it...its sealed in a plastic bag. I didnt hear anything in it..yet. (in reply to DiggerBryan) Post #: 13

RE: I better look closer next time - 11/1/2006 8:19:01 AM    towhead Posts: 904 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline If the nest was a wasp nest, hopefully it was "inactive", 'cause wasps can chew through just about anything...How many times have I wanted to go check out an old house, and sure enough, a big ol' nest .... Everything you wanted to know about wasps, hornets, yellowjackets: http://www3.telus.net/conrad/insects/wasps.html _____________________________ J (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 14

RE: I better look closer next time - 11/3/2006 9:41:48 PM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline Thank you Julie, I am saving that! Maybe I should read it before they chew out of that bag in the basement, and get me! lol Attachment (1) < Message edited by Whisperingwinds -- 11/3/2006 9:43:18 PM > (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 15

RE: I better look closer next time - 11/4/2006 5:07:04 PM    richf   Posts: 379 Joined: 8/27/2006 From: Weatherly, PA Status: offline Definitely a wasp nest ... there was one on the eaves of my house last year. If it's still there, wait until winter and get rid of it. Did you find anything with the metal detector? Rich (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 16

RE: I better look closer next time - 11/5/2006 9:05:28 PM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline Hi Rich, I didnt find anything there yet.. But I think, I found the privey, in the back yard..lol (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 17

RE: I better look closer next time - 11/5/2006 9:34:14 PM    richf   Posts: 379 Joined: 8/27/2006 From: Weatherly, PA Status: offline Sounds good! How old is your house? There could be more than one in your backyard and that's always a good thing! Rich (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 18

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