What’s hidden inside…
In late summer I encountered a fairly large bee nest under the bay window in my living room. This was a very active and mature nest…full of yellow jackets.
A nest of this type is pretty unassuming looking from the outside. I don’t know how these guys do it, but it looks like layer upon layer of a substance about the consistency of newspaper.
I set my GoPro up to catch the nonstop, hard work going on with this nest.
It didn’t take long for them to let me know “there will be no filming”. Either that or they all wanted to be the star of the show.
While I eventually had to get this nest removed as it was right next to my front door and very close to the walkway, I did take a closer look at what was happening inside this marvel of nature.
After some research on the best way to handle it, I found that bee spray was the most recommended and practical way to do it.
Some pretty amazing stuff going on in there! It looked like every stage of “bee life” was present, from eggs to larva to mature bees ready to break out.
A couple of bees did actually break out of their cocoons while I was taking these pictures. Just an amazing process taking place in the nest and equally amazing structure they were building.
The dimensional aspects and uniformity of each “cell” is quite remarkable.
I have a ton of honey bees around my gardens. Those guys stay pretty cool as long as you don’t irritate them. They are very easy to work around.
Not the case with these guys though.
In another location, I might have just left it alone, but attached to the house and next to the walkway, this thing really had to go. These things can get quite nasty if they get pissed off. And it doesn’t take much.
