When the leaves fall, you begin to notice what was hiding within them...

Not something I want to mess with!

Is that a yellow jacket nest, Yankee?

Does not look friendly to me! 

                   







               It's a 'Hornet nest' RGN, yellow jackets nest in the ground around these parts, I've been stung by everything but a Hornet, so far the 'bumble bee' hurt the worst.   

                                                                                                  Fossis...............








it's a 'Hornet nest

Yes it's a Hornet's nest.

In Wi. we call them paper wasps

Here too!  Still not friendly thing to have around!  LOL! 

                   







               It's a 'Hornet nest' RGN, yellow jackets nest in the ground around these parts, I've been stung by everything but a Hornet, so far the 'bumble bee' hurt the worst.   

                                                                                                  Fossis...............








it's a 'Hornet nest

     Same way up here Fossis although I have never found a hornet nest in any of our trees I have found those yellow jacket and bumble bee nests underground. I ran over one (bumble bee nest) with a riding mower and got nailed in the leg pretty good, they definitely hurt worse than a wasp.

     Nice pic Diggin, thanks for sharing,

HH Charlie

That's a beauty of a hornet's nest.  I see $$.  Around here I've seen em as high as $75.

  RR

That's a beauty of a hornet's nest.  I see $$.  Around here I've seen em as high as $75.

  RR

Wow!  But I'm not going near it no way!

Never knew there was money in them.  I have been stung by a ton of yellow jackets and one bumble bee.The Bumble Bee did'nt bother me but a couple of those yellowjacket stings was darn painfull.

PINATA!

PINATA!

You can go first! 

PINATA!

You can go first! 

 

                   







               It's a 'Hornet nest' RGN, yellow jackets nest in the ground around these parts, I've been stung by everything but a Hornet, so far the 'bumble bee' hurt the worst.   

                                                                                                  Fossis...............








it's a 'Hornet nest

     Same way up here Fossis although I have never found a hornet nest in any of our trees I have found those yellow jacket and bumble bee nests underground. I ran over one (bumble bee nest) with a riding mower and got nailed in the leg pretty good, they definitely hurt worse than a wasp.

     Nice pic Diggin, thanks for sharing,

HH Charlie

I had that happen to me one time. I was cutting the grass, not really paying attention to anything and suddenly my leg was on fire. I looked down and there was a bunch of yellow jackets on my leg and then I noticed them in the air. I bailed off the lawnmower about that time and the lawnmower and most of the wasps went off into the woods cutting saplings and eventually stalled halfway up a rather large log. Unfortunately, some of them suckers got in my overalls and was having a field day on my back. My wife thought I had lost my marbles when I went inside screaming and hollering. 4 of them flew out of my clothes when I started stripping in the kitchen. Stung 12 times. Hate yellow jackets.

capt.

no amount of Epi-pen shots would have saved me with that many stings, I would have suffocated after 3 stings let alone dozens .........NGE

That is a really scary thought!

yes it is and I have become very adept at seeing them flying in and out of the ground or in a tree long before I even get to that area, out the corner of my eyes.  Also, people that I was out hunting with the other day, told me that I really didn't want to hunt around the backside of the tree they were coming from.  He said it was like a major airport with yellow jackets landing and taking off every 2 seconds.....NGE

Yuck and you never know if you've frightened them til its to late!

PINATA!

ROTFLMAO!

when it gets below 30 take it down and root around in it with a stick all the frozen one will fall out the hang it from the close line shoot clear coat up inside it to seal it off and then a couple of coats on the outside mount it to a stick the stick to a board and you got denero at the art or sports show

Just really really make sure they are all out before you take the nest inside the house! Those babies come back to life, ask my brother.

Pinata! that's too funny!

naturegirl

Nice. I just saw one Sunday while taking a walk. It was too high to retrieve. I guess they are empty by now