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    Inside a wasp nest (Vespula vulgaris)

    A couple of shots showing the inside of a wasp nest.





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    how on earth did you manage that?! or is it an old one?

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    Another wonder of nature. Good pictures

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    Great pics.
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    Very cool!



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    Wouldn't want to get that close in summer. I'm nowhere near brave enough.
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    That's some excellent fishing bait right there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wrighty28 View Post
    how on earth did you manage that?! or is it an old one?
    Use the force Luke!


    Nah, it's easy when you're a beekeeper and have suitable protective clothing.

    I dislike destroying wasp nests generally as they have an important role to play, but that one was in a bait hive at my apiary and had to go. It ended up as Brock food so wasn't wasted. Curiously, the local badgers will dig up and eat wasp and bumble bee nests around the apiary, but to-date I've never had a hive attacked. That'll probably be a case of 'famous last words' and this year brock'll develop a taste for honey bees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Al21 View Post
    Use the force Luke!

    Curiously, the local badgers will dig up and eat wasp and bumble bee nests around the apiary, but to-date I've never had a hive attacked. That'll probably be a case of 'famous last words' and this year brock'll develop a taste for honey bees.

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