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--Apple-Mail=_F3410A4C-C5A2-49BD-A42E-ADE0DA893E6A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 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. Begin forwarded message: > 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 --Apple-Mail=_F3410A4C-C5A2-49BD-A42E-ADE0DA893E6A 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;">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-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] 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 1, 2014 at = 9:56:35 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 dir=3D"auto" 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;"><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); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial;"><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