While out repairing the electric fence the cows so delightedly tore down—I couldn’t help but enjoy the cold touch of the almost winter breeze as it cooled our late fall land even further.
It was on the last string of wire, when Shannon stopped and asked her Dad to look at into the tree. Hearing them talk I ha to leave my fencing duties to see what they found.
Another wonder of our magnificent earth…a huge wasp nest!
What a cool thing to find!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
The wasp nests are wonderful to look at, but I do dislike wasps themselves, they give me the cold shivers. Something about their mindless aggression, compared with bees, which are calmer and less liable to sting you for no reason.
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I’m not fond of the critters but they do keep the spider population down!
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around here, the higher a hornets nest is in a tree, the more snow you’re supposed to get in the coming winter. i saw a nest just yesterday, not far from my house, now that most trees around here have finally shed their leaves. this does not bode well … it was the highest i’ve ever seen a hornets nest. and we’ve had one good snowfall so far, 4-6 inches, but that’s already more snow than all of last year. i never had to shovel even once last year, the mildest winter i can remember. –suz in ohio
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OH! Love that tale…we need snow…so if that is the case we should get some DEEP snow soon!
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Your farm is such a treasure trove of nature.
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We try hard to keep it that way…that amazing beauty of wildlife
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I’m glad you didn’t encounter the wasps from that hive! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one so big — or so high in a tree.
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Thankfully it’s too cold for them to be out and about
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Looks like a hornets nest. More aggressive than wasps if disturbed. We had a huge nest like that on the solid fence on our deck one year. I used to walk past quietly and did not make eye contact. They never bothered us. You know, the first good freeze will kill them, except for the queen who hibernates in the ground.
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That is some nest. Winter will be late on this side of the country, it seems.
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That tree in the first photo is phenomenal! The nest is also cool, but the tree feels so ancient and providing safety and security.
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It is a very old tree…100 years old. It’s on the National Tree list for the largest of it’s kind.
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Wow! That is very impressive. What kind is it? Perhaps you’ve posted on the tree before I found you, but I think it is intriguing.
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It’s a Rio Grande Cottonwood! 🙂
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I love cottonwoods! They have a good feeling of strength, gentleness, and benevolence. You’re lucky!
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Wow, I thought at first glance it was a bird nest! To think that is a wasp nest .. I had no idea that they would create something like that, I always thought their nests were in the ground! Great pics Linda 🙂
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I think these are called Paper Wasps, but I may be wrong
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We have paper wasps here too .. I didn’t think it was a paper wasp nest as I have never seen one that size. Wow!
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I have no idea what they are…but HUGE NEST
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