Yellow jacket nest encasing a bicycle pump

Photos by Steve Deaver, taken near Sonora Pass.

This is a yellow jacket nest that was inside a dark shed. The wasps were entering from the exterior, through a crack. The nest, as you cans see, had the standard hole at the bottom, but it was the wall connection that served as the primary entry for the yellow jackets. The yellow jacket nest was built over, and encased, part of a bicycle pump.

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In this image, you can more clearly see the encasement of the bicycle pump handle by the wasp nest. Photo by Ray Powers, Wagner Track, near Dardanelles area, Tuolumne County, Ca. 13 September 2016.
Encasement of a bicycle pump by a yellow jacket nest. Photo by Steve Deaver,  near the Dardanelles, Tuolumne County, Ca. 12 September 2016.

 

Bald-faced Hornet nest built around a bicycle pump. 11 September 2016. Photo by Ray Powers,
Yellow jacket nest built around a bicycle pump. 11 September 2016. Photo by Steve Deaver.

 

Yellow jacket nest, opened up.
Yellow jacket nest, opened up.
yellow-jacket from Ray Power's nest
yellow-jacket nest, photo by Steve Deaver
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Steve Deaver holding the yellow jacket nest.