out of doubt » photograph http://outofdoubt.co.uk wood for the trees Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:28:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What is it? http://outofdoubt.co.uk/photograph/2007/what-is-it/ http://outofdoubt.co.uk/photograph/2007/what-is-it/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:35:04 +0000 awkward http://outofdoubt.co.uk/?p=66 wasp ball

Is it the start of a wasp nest? Is a queen wasp in there somewhere? I took the picture last year just before this particular field was cut for hay.

Update: 2008 01 26

Thanks to Fanackerpan for giving me the answers I needed. Here are some links I found explaining further.

notexactlyrocketscience.wordpress.com have this – Mobs of Honeybees Suffocate Hornets to Death

Science news have Balls of Fire: Bees carefully cook invaders to death.

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