Any Ideas?

[Chislenko]

Probably an old wasp nest as the queens are still hibernating. However, unless you sit and wait or poke it with a stick you'll never know.

Don't think it can be old as I re coated the summer house last spring.

I need to get up on the roof ( when it stops raining) as some felt has come off in the storm.

It's looking like the extending window cleaning pole is the best option for poking!

 

[Roseland triker]

Don't think it can be old as I re coated the summer house last spring.

I need to get up on the roof ( when it stops raining) as some felt has come off in the storm.

It's looking like the extending window cleaning pole is the best option for poking!

Be good not to kill them as they are useful.

 

[oldwheels]

I had a wasp bike at my shed door and just left it alone. Generally if you don’t bother them they will not bother you unless they get a bit tetchy when the weather gets cold next autumn.
Just for clarity I do not refer to a two wheel velocipede but we have always referred to a wasp nest as a bike.
As others have said they are a useful species so better not to kill them.

 

[annedonnelly]

Amazing constructions. Would love to be able to watch one gradually being built.

At some point every summer I hear a tiny scratching noise in the garden and when I look a wasp is scraping the surface off my trellis then flying off to wherever the nest is.

 

[neil_merseyside]

Something I read:- wasp nests are seasonal (so they've gone by now) and wasps wont set up a new nest adjacent to an existing nest.
So leave it, I have seen dummy nests to but, so the leave advice might even be true...

 

[Chislenko]

Something I read:- wasp nests are seasonal (so they've gone by now) and wasps wont set up a new nest adjacent to an existing nest.
So leave it, I have seen dummy nests to but, so the leave advice might even be true...

Yes, just read up on them. They are "one use" only so will not be re-populated.

I may just leave it until I have to re coat that section. As it is underneath an overhang that bit doesn't get coated as often as the rest of the building.

There really is no better saying than "You learn something every day"

Today it is wasps, who knows what tomorrow will bring!

 

[classic33]

Yes, just read up on them. They are "one use" only so will not be re-populated.

I may just leave it until I have to re coat that section. As it is underneath an overhang that bit doesn't get coated as often as the rest of the building.

There really is no better saying than "You learn something every day"

Today it is wasps, who knows what tomorrow will bring!

Hornets?

 

[Roseland triker]

Hornets?

Wood wasps love old nests....