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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-808642828-1344859522=:72361 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dave=0AI too have noted a=A0few faintly concentric grey shreds marking w= here=0Aa wasps nest has been. I often wondered if they disassembled the nes= t=0Aand move somewhere else. I would think making the paper for the=0Anest = would be quite energy demanding and recycling the paper=0Awould be quite ef= ficient.=0AHave a sting free summer=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A_____________________= ___________=0A From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0ATo: Natu= reNS@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:22:33 PM=0ASubject:= [NatureNS] Missing wasp nest.=0A =0ADear All,=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Aug 12, 2012=0A=A0 Would any animal, other than humans= , carry a wasp nest away ?=0A=0A=A0 While loading wood on July 22, I got s= tung by yellow-jackets 3-4 times before locating the nest [~8" diameter att= ached to debris on the ground , 5' from the woodpile & 3' from the truck] b= y which time there was a fairly large swarm over the nest so I retreated.= =0A=0A=A0 When I hauled the remainder of this tier on July 26, taking care= not to drop wood or otherwise disturb them, they were still active (Yellow= -jackets coming & going) but I noticed some large black wasps flying to but= not entering the nest and this seemed strange unless the nest was being ab= andoned and stragglers were being picked off (did not see this).=0A=0A=A0 = I was by there today (Aug 12) and stopped to show this nest to someone but = found only a few faintly concentric grey shreds marking where it had been a= ttached to the litter. I could see no other fragments of a destroyed nest n= earby and I would expect many fragments if a non-human animal were involved= .=0A=0A=A0 In late May or Early June I noticed a rich coating of honey dew= on nearby groundcover, probably from aphids on Spruce, and tending these S= pruce may have led to founding the nest. But with the dry conditions, honey= dew is long gone.=0A=0A=A0 =A0 Balancing the various unknowns, it seems m= ost likely that they just died out from want, or moved to greener pastures,= and some person, finding the nest to be inactive, decided to take it home = as an ornament.=0A=0A=A0 When local conditions become adverse, can wasps h= ave a sufficiently large range potential to diffuse to areas of better cond= itions ?=0A=0AYours truly, Dave Webaster, Kentville ---2114655128-808642828-1344859522=:72361 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Dave</s= pan></div><div><span>I too have noted a</span><span style=3D"font-size: 12p= t; "> </span><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">few faintly concentric = grey shreds marking where</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; = ">a wasps nest has been. I often wondered if they disassembled the nest</sp= an></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">and move somewhere else. I = would think making the paper for the</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-s= ize: 12pt; ">nest would be quite energy demanding and recycling the paper</= span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">would be quite efficient.= </span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">Have a sting free summe= r</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">Paul</span></div><div>= <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-si= ze: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', time= s, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Ar= ial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b= > David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com><br> <b><span style= =3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><spa= n style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:= 22:33 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Nat= ureNS] Missing wasp nest.<br> </font> </div> <br>Dear All, &nb= sp; Aug 12, = 2012<br> Would any animal, other than humans, carry a wasp nest away= ?<br><br> While loading wood on July 22, I got stung by yellow-jack= ets 3-4 times before locating the nest [~8" diameter attached to debris on = the ground , 5' from the woodpile & 3' from the truck] by which time there was a fa= irly large swarm over the nest so I retreated.<br><br> When I hauled= the remainder of this tier on July 26, taking care not to drop wood or oth= erwise disturb them, they were still active (Yellow-jackets coming & go= ing) but I noticed some large black wasps flying to but not entering the ne= st and this seemed strange unless the nest was being abandoned and straggle= rs were being picked off (did not see this).<br><br> I was by there = today (Aug 12) and stopped to show this nest to someone but found only a fe= w faintly concentric grey shreds marking where it had been attached to the = litter. I could see no other fragments of a destroyed nest nearby and I wou= ld expect many fragments if a non-human animal were involved.<br><br> = In late May or Early June I noticed a rich coating of honey dew on nearby= groundcover, probably from aphids on Spruce, and tending these Spruce may have led to founding the nest. But with the dry conditions, hon= ey dew is long gone.<br><br> Balancing the various unknowns, = it seems most likely that they just died out from want, or moved to greener= pastures, and some person, finding the nest to be inactive, decided to tak= e it home as an ornament.<br><br> When local conditions become adver= se, can wasps have a sufficiently large range potential to diffuse to areas= of better conditions ?<br><br>Yours truly, Dave Webaster, Kentville <br><b= r><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-808642828-1344859522=:72361--