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Giant Yellow Jacket nest - video on CNN.com   Message List  
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--- In insectstings@yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Weeks" <cathy@...> wrote:
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> http://www.cnn.com/video/
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> Do a search for "Wasps swarm around giant nest"
>
> It's a very unusual above-ground, on-water (it's on a swamp/lake) 6
> foot x 3 foot yellow-jacket nest.

I forgot to mention that these are what sent me to the hospital!

Though ours were in an underground nest, the entrance of which was
under a stepping-stone I was standing on. It's a wonder that I only
got stung twice (though it was just after sundown, in twilight)

Cathy Weeks






Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:11 pm

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http://www.cnn.com/video/ Do a search for "Wasps swarm around giant nest" It's a very unusual above-ground, on-water (it's on a swamp/lake) 6 foot x 3 foot...
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That is a truly amazing wasp nest. We have similar much smaller ones over here and they tend to be the size of soccer balls at their biggest - definitely not 6...
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... size of soccer balls at their biggest - definitely not 6 feet high sitting on the water! ... No problem. It gave me the creeps and filled me with awe at...
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... I forgot to mention that these are what sent me to the hospital! Though ours were in an underground nest, the entrance of which was under a stepping-stone...
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