We have owned 12 acres on a hillside in NC for over 28 years now! We used to camp on it with the kids. Now it keeps the Mister busy when we are camped at the RV resort near Lake Lure. He went to check on the property and came back reporting on this:
What you can't see are the wasps of some sort flying around.
I dared go no closer, but how intriguing to see the formation of their nest.
We will leave them be.
According to Mr. A I-(nstein) the wasps will die out when winter comes.
The nest will be abandoned.
We won't have to worry about them next year.
Hmmmm....might a bear decide to move in?!
Well that is interesting!
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DeleteThat's new to me!
ReplyDeleteI've known that there were ground bees and wasps, but I've only seen holes where they'd go in and out.
DeleteAccording to *my* resident expert, no, they won't die out. And in fact will come back in much greater numbers in the spring unless someone eradicates the nest.
ReplyDeleteWe had some hornets who'd built a nest in the ground at one summer camp where I worked. One afternoon they boiled up out of that nest like you see in a cartoon and stung the shit out of some of my kids and one of the teachers. It was really bad.
I vote for getting rid of the nest. In case my vote means anything. Based on current events, though, my vote doesn't mean a damn thing.
Thanks for the info, and taking the time to respond. Yikes! We will probably not be back until spring, so we will see what the situation is then.
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