Earlier this week I discovered a large bald-face hornet's nest in my front hedge. Last night the end came to these painful pests. As soon as it was dark I went outside and the sprayed the dickens out of the nest. Today I cut it out of the hedge and the kids and I dissected it. After all, don't all homeschoolers turn things like these into learning experiences?
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| Nest in Hedge right before cutting it out |
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| Ready to Dissect. Look at how big that thing is! |
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| Dead Adults litter the bottom. The Larvae were still alive and writhing around on the bottom and in the cells. |
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The nest had 3 completed sections of cells and they had started building a 4th section. These were the cells capped off for the larvae to become adults.
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Over all though dealing with the hornets before spraying was scary and having the larvae still wriggling around had a definite ick-factor I would say this was definitely a learning experience none of us will soon forget. That said I hope that I never find another hornet's nest in the hedge again!
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