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class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Re --Apple-Mail=_A9FD43ED-29E2-4AE9-AD40-33286A6C30E2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Way to go, Dave! Sure looks like a bald-faced hornet to me = [Dolichovespula maculata][from Wikipedia] =97 cheers from Jim in = Wolfvile. Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Subject: Fw: [NatureNS] re Dave's wasp nest -- was wasps and = hummingbird feeders > Date: September 21, 2014 at 10:15:44 AM ADT > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Dear All, Sept 21, 2014 > This was about 20' from the nest on the house and size looks = right; trying to keep warm on a wheelbarrow. I could not get a shot of = the face but the abdomen and side of the head seems to agree with = bald-faced hornet aka white-faced wasp. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/91817127@N08/15284965376/ > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Wolford > To: naturens > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 8:54 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] re Dave's wasp nest -- was wasps and hummingbird = feeders >=20 > Dave, your nice photo is of a nest of either a bald-faced hornet or = one of the yellow-jackets =97 both are in the same group of social wasps = that are quite different from paper wasps, another very common social = species. Since you said these were black and large, I will bet on the = bald-faced hornet. They and yellow-jackets both are seekers of = sweetness and can be pests at hummer feeders. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> >> Subject: Fw: [NatureNS] Wasps and hummingbird feeders >> Date: September 1, 2014 at 9:56:35 AM ADT >> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>=20 >> An image of the unknown wasp nest that I mentioned Aug 24 is now at >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/91817127@N08/14918379239/ >> DW >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: David & Alison Webster >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 9:14 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Wasps and hummingbird feeders >>=20 >> Hi Richard, >> Locating the wasp nest (follow that wasp) and moving one of your = feeders near their nest might work. >> Today a neighbor pointed out that we have a large nest on our = house under an overhang; about 9" diam & 10" tall; wasps are black, = large & busy. >> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Annabelle Thiebaux >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Wasps and hummingbird feeders >>=20 >> Nope, I have seen wasps & hummingbirds fight & the wasps won! >>=20 >> Sent from my iPad >>=20 >> On Aug 24, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> = wrote: >>=20 >>> My hummer feeder is attracting more wasps than Hummingbirds at the = moment. I hung up a false wasps nest nearby but it's not stopping them. = I don't want to spray, as it's only temporary and might harm the birds. = I think the wasps are keeping the birds away. Any ideas how to get rid = of them? >>>=20 >>> Richard Stern=20 >>> Sternrichard@gmail.com >>> Sent from my Android device >>>=20 >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4007/8087 - Release Date: = 08/23/14 >>=20 >=20 > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4745 / Virus Database: 4015/8137 - Release Date: = 09/01/14 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_A9FD43ED-29E2-4AE9-AD40-33286A6C30E2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Way to = go, Dave! Sure looks like a bald-faced hornet to me [<span = style=3D"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; = font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);">Dolichovespula maculata][from Wikipedia]</span> =97 cheers = from Jim in Wolfvile.<div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">David & Alison = Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>><br></span></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Fw: [NatureNS] re Dave's wasp nest = -- was wasps and hummingbird feeders</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">September 21, 2014 at 10:15:44 AM = ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div>Dear All, = = = Sept 21, 2014</div><div> This = was about 20' from the nest on the house and size looks right; = trying to keep warm on a wheelbarrow. I could not get a shot of the face = but the abdomen and side of the head seems to agree with bald-faced = hornet aka white-faced wasp.</div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/91817127@N08/15284965376/">https://w= ww.flickr.com/photos/91817127@N08/15284965376/</a></div><div>Dave</div><di= v style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">----- = Original Message -----<div style=3D"background-color: rgb(228, 228, = 228); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial;"><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">Jim = Wolford</a></div><div><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</a></div><div><b>Sent:</b= ><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, September = 01, 2014 8:54 PM</div><div><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] re Dave's wasp = nest -- was wasps and hummingbird = feeders</div></div><div><br></div>Dave, your nice photo is of a nest of = either a bald-faced hornet or one of the yellow-jackets =97 both are in = the same group of social wasps that are quite different from paper = wasps, another very common social species. Since you said these = were black and large, I will bet on the bald-faced hornet. They = and yellow-jackets both are seekers of sweetness and can be pests at = hummer feeders. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>From:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>><br></span></= div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Fw: [NatureNS] Wasps and = hummingbird feeders</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;">September 1, 2014 at 9:56:35 AM = ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><a = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Reply-To:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica;"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div dir=3D"auto" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" = style=3D"text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: = normal; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div>An = image of the unknown wasp nest that I mentioned Aug 24 is now = at</div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/91817127@N08/14918379239/">https://w= ww.flickr.com/photos/91817127@N08/14918379239/</a></div><div>DW</div><div = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">----- = Original Message -----<div style=3D"background-color: rgb(228, 228, = 228);"><b>From:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"dwebster@glinx.com" href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">David = & Alison Webster</a></div><div><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday,= August 24, 2014 9:14 PM</div><div><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NatureNS] Wasps and = hummingbird feeders</div></div><div><br></div><div>Hi = Richard,</div><div> Locating the wasp nest (follow = that wasp) and moving one of your feeders near their nest might = work.</div><div> Today a neighbor pointed out that we = have a large nest on our house under an overhang; about 9" diam & = 10" tall; wasps are black, large & busy.</div><div>Yt, Dave Webster, = Kentville</div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"border-left-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; = padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: = 0px;"><div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: = arial;">----- Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"background-color: = rgb(228, 228, 228); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: = arial;"><b>From:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"hamst@xplornet.com" href=3D"mailto:hamst@xplornet.com">Annabelle = Thiebaux</a></div><div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; = font-family: arial;"><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: = arial;"><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, August 24, 2014 = 8:36 PM</div><div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: = arial;"><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NatureNS] Wasps and = hummingbird feeders</div><div><br></div><div>Nope, I have seen = wasps & hummingbirds fight & the wasps won!</div><div><br>Sent = from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 24, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Richard Stern = <<a = href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</a>> = wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><p dir=3D"ltr">My hummer = feeder is attracting more wasps than Hummingbirds at the moment. I hung = up a false wasps nest nearby but it's not stopping them. I don't = want to spray, as it's only temporary and might harm the birds. I = think the wasps are keeping the birds away. Any ideas how to get rid of = them?</p><p dir=3D"ltr">Richard Stern<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><a = href=3D"mailto:Sternrichard@gmail.com">Sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>Sent = from my Android device</p></blockquote><a></a><p align=3D"left" = avgcert??=3D"">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.avg.com/">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2014.0.4745 / = Virus Database: 4007/8087 - Release Date: = 08/23/14</p></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br><a></a><p = align=3D"left" avgcert??=3D"">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked = by AVG -<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.avg.com/">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2014.0.4745 / = Virus Database: 4015/8137 - Release Date: = 09/01/14</p></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_A9FD43ED-29E2-4AE9-AD40-33286A6C30E2--
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