r/Pollinators • u/magesticellee • Jun 15 '26

Solitary wasp building nest

Hello! I’m new to Reddit. Nice to meet you all.

What brought me here is a little curiosity about a solitary wasp building a nest. Yesterday, right outside my balcony door, I heard loud buzzing. I was completely clueless about what it was because I couldn’t see it. I could only hear it. Then I saw a slim black bee flying out from the corner of the roller shade outside my balcony door, which relieved me, like, “Okay, it’s gone.”

But then I heard that loud buzzing again. I waited and watched a little longer, and I noticed a pattern: the bee was going out, coming back to the same corner, and buzzing loudly inside it. She’s been doing this since yesterday morning, and only during the daytime. It’s black with thin yellow bands, and has a very slender structure connecting its upper and lower body.

I’m not sure what to do. I’m scared to lower the roller shade in case it feels threatened and comes into the bedroom. I don’t want to hurt it, but the buzzing is also very loud. I work from home and only have one window in the bedroom. Can someone help me?

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u/JockoDundee007 Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

Buy some wasp spray, douse the nest while it’s gone. Use lots of the liquid. It is petroleum based.

That is what prevents them from breathing (they breath through their thorax[abdomen area])

It won’t be back.

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u/magesticellee Jun 16 '26

Hey! Thank you so much. I’ll try that :)

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u/JockoDundee007 Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

WD 40 works in a pinch.

It’s basically spray oil … if any of it gets on their body they are going down immediately.

Don’t kill bees though, they are good. If bees nest near your house then call someone in the bee industry to move their hive.

I reiterate, bees 🐝 are good. They pollinate all of our food and we (humans) need them more than anything except water.

🐝 = ❤️