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Photo by DON BARTLING The body of the bald-faced hornet is black in color, and its face is marked with white. Bald-faced hornets are larger than most yellow jackets and have powerful stings.

Photo by DON BARTLING The body of the bald-faced hornet is black in color, and its face is marked with white. Bald-faced hornets are larger than most yellow jackets and have powerful stings.

October 19, 2017

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Bald-faced hornets and their complex paper nests
October 19, 2017 1 a.m.

Bald-faced hornets and their complex paper nests

Recently I was traveling mid-morning along the Kootenai River when suddenly my attention was captured by the sun’s reflection on a gray shiny dome the size of a volleyball hanging in a riverside tree.