Wasp Nest?

[Thomas]

Hanging bee's nest..redneck pinata.

 

[SARG]

Just be aware up here in the Northeast the city folks will pay money for the nest "as a decorative item".

My Dad used to sell them often in his antique shop twenty years ago. He'd get $30-$40 dollars for a large one.

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

HEE HEE!!! :laughing:

Time for everyone to fess up.... how many of you, as kids, poked the tiger, so to speak, by tossing a rock or stick at a hornets nest?

I remember a very large one hanging over my grandma's driveway about 25' up and day after day wondering what would happen until the pressure was just too much and I couldn't take it... so I tossed a couple rocks and hit it a few time. The rocks would disappear inside the nest. The hornets would buzz and nothing bad happened to me. So I found some bigger rocks. Then bigger rocks. Then the mother of all rocks. WHACK!! The branch broke, the nest came down, the hornets came out, I ran, the hornets chased.... 4-5 stings, a lot of ice and tears and a lecture from mom followed. And besides that, grandma couldn't get out of her house through the front door. They made me go out with a garbage bag after dark and scoop up the nest quickly and fill the bag with RAID! :shocked:

I learned my lesson.... next time I used a slingshot! :laughing:

We used to try and hit nests with frisbees...

 

[MossRoad]

We used to try and hit nests with frisbees...

Probably better than a boomerang. :laughing:

 

[Travelover]

I've harvested a couple after the first hard frost but before the winds rip them apart. One I have on display is sliced in half - it is interesting to see the honeycombs arranged inside - quite a piece of engineering.