Wow!!!  We were walking the loop last week and looked up into this Maple tree.  We walk past it all the time, but somehow this thing grew without our noticing it.  Julia told Jon about it, so he was on the lookout.  

 

It is on Stonebriar just above Al's house, about 10 feet up in the tree.  This nest is about 18 inches across, and a couple feet long.  We could see the wasps coming in and out, not bothered by us at all.  Good, we don't want to bother them.  There must be a couple hundred residents.  

 

Seek told me it is the nest of the Bald-faced Hornet.  So I went to Wikipedia and, sure enough there is a picture of the nest that looks just like this one. Go there and read about these hornets.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichovespula_maculata  Very interesting.  

 

Beautiful to look at...from a distance.

 

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!