Comments on: White and Black Wasp

By: brandon

brandon — Mon, 30 May 2011 21:04:41 +0000

plase e-mail me some info on this wasp because today i just saw one

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:15:03 +0000

It is a bald-faced hornet I live in Pembroke, Onatrio, but we are on the border of Quebec. So on our roadtrip in Quebec we stopped at an old friends cottage that was rundown and never used due to the poor shape of it from spring floods. We found a nest on their porch 13″ wide,12.5″ Tall, and had the biggest white and black bees I had ever seen, and super aggressive. I put a bag over it and pinned the bag tighly to the porch roof. One hand holding the bag the other hand scraping the hornets nest of the roof with a wood stove shovel.(dustpan). It cleanly removed it dropping into the bag, twisted it up and had it home within’ 40 min. The process of taking it down took all of 20 sec. maybe less.. thank god because I never got stung by one hornet! I have the nest, pictures of it, the core of it was removed and have photos of it aswell. It measured at 8″ at the widest section,and 7″ long, with 6 tiers of combs. This nest ist just awesome I’ve tried to count how many holes there are in it but its impossible. If I was to guess I’d say that there are 2500 anyways . If anyone wants some pics I’ll send them to you.

By: lori

lori — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:28:36 +0000

We have these in our yard but I don’t think the nest is in our yard. My son said he saw someone on the news that said they had these but the nest was in the ground and their son ran through the yard and fell through and was stung literally to death. we are supposed to weed a large weed pile but now no one wants to go to it for fear of pulling a weed with a nest attached. I want to know the same as everyone else? Are they ground or mud or paper nests? We live in Illinois 20 minutes from Wisconsin border. pest control wont or rather can’t help until we find the nest. So now what?

By: frances

frances — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:13:21 +0000

ok so all i know is that we have a nest that resembles well it looks the color of pottery but is not that strong its kinda like cardboard in looks anyways and its maybe 4 inches from ground and hangs in a flower bed, it contains god only knows how meny bees and yes they are very mean, the last 2 times i have mowed the yard well tried ive been stung the first time it was only once but yesterday it was three times but there was more then 6-10 bees on me.and so this brings me to ask how do i get rid of the nest i have grandchildren and my mother and of course kids and myself and i really am concerned with the safety of all and so if anyone at all can tell me how to get rid of them without someone getting really hurt and without going broke getting it done please and thank you for all valuable information

By: jason

jason — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:49:22 +0000

i have seen these wasps/hornets in my garden this week in dudley in the uk i have never seen them before

By: Mark Barratt

Mark Barratt — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:09:46 +0000

I found one today on my up stairs window and i live in uk , first one i have ever seen over here

By: sophia

sophia — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:11:32 +0000

I’ve seen these and I live in the UK, also saw a wasp very similar to the yellow jacket, except much bigger with mostly black body and thinner yellow stripes.. anyone know what kind of wasp that is?

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:57:01 +0000

Just thought I add by saying, Bold Face Hornets are now living in Quesnel, BC. I haven’t found a nest as of yet. And, I witnessed their aggression towards each other, over something in particular…food, space, whatever I do not know. But, they would dive bomb each other. If any one is tracking them, recording data, what have you. And,they were quite aggressive, constantly flying close to your head, neck and shoulder area…really annoying.
Dog plays with them in the grass…can only assume he hasn’t been stung yet. Kids, so far okay…and, us the parents…no stings.

Cheers~

By: john

john — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:31:53 +0000

Hey everybody umm my name is john i am 14 years old i live in NC my dad recentley cut the lawn and was stung by the bee or wasp maybe even hornet i went to japan 1 year ago and there was a type of hornet there called the japense hornet it was blue black and white a cousin to this type its sting was deadly but the sting of this wasp is not my dad is ok but the sting happened yesterday on his foot i will report the after affects whenever they occur

By: Wilson

Wilson — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:11:08 +0000

YES, that is a bald-faced Hornet. They are common in the Kootenays/BC. They do look like a wasp(or rather yellow jacket), but are larger and black/white. They live in huge football shaped nests that hang relatively high in the trees(where I live, anyways). If you disturb their nest, they will dart for your eyes
and subsequently sting. They are extremely quick and accurate as I suffered a bite just beneath my
eye upon getting to close. Pretty shocking skills for an insect. Live and let live or suffer the consequences.
The more common leather jacket is a joke in comparison.