Perhaps this is a tropical wasp. Can you identify it? Is it artificial?
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3$\begingroup$ What is your location? Also, what makes you think that this is a wasp nest? $\endgroup$– theforestecologist ♦May 10, 2017 at 12:50
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1$\begingroup$ Sorry, I dont know where it's from: I was researching animal nests, and I found the pic on a random trivia page. Then I searched google images, there are only 3-4 HD copies of the photo and I couldn't find the origin of it. $\endgroup$– bandybabboonMay 10, 2017 at 14:47
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$\begingroup$ FYI this appears to have originated from reddit user Crabcaked from this reddit post. I added more pictures to your question here from that post $\endgroup$– theforestecologist ♦May 10, 2017 at 15:52
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$\begingroup$ I do not believe that this is a wasp nest. What makes you think that this nest belongs specifically to a wasp species? $\endgroup$– theforestecologist ♦May 10, 2017 at 15:52
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1$\begingroup$ awesome, well spotted. I thought that reddit was joke website. I wrote that it was a wasp because the web page was called "strange places to find a wasp nest" and had household objects surrounded by nests and things. $\endgroup$– bandybabboonMay 10, 2017 at 17:41
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This is likely a honeycomb created by some species of honey bee.
A beekeeper (Jessie Brown) from New Mexico shared to her blog the following photos of a "free form" bee hive some of her bees created:
Photo credit: Nina Dubois
In that instance (as well as the one mentioned here and pictured below), the beekeeper moved some "burr comb" to a new location and the bees used that moved remnant piece to build a mound-like comb.
Photo credit: Phillip Cairns
answered May 10, 2017 at 16:02
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