I seem to remember someone on Tweeters was looking for bald-faced hornet
(?) nests. This "beehive" sounds more like a hornet or wasp nest.

Kelly Cassidy -- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Box 357980, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
kelly at u.washington.edu --- 206-685-4195 --- 206-368-8076

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kenneth Ransier[SMTP:lransier at telebyte.net]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 1997 12:05 PM
To: asc at ascoll.org
Subject: Beehive for collection

Dear ASC,
My parents have a very large beehive under their deck. I don't
know what species they are, but the hive is paper-like, football shaped
and larger than 24" (still growing). We do not wish to destroy it and
would like to know if a researcher would like to remove it intact. It is
perfect and has a full compliment of bees. They live on the Kitsap
Peninsula in western Washington State. If you know of someone who might
be interested in it please e-mail me with contact information. We hope
someone with interest can get it whole, as not all hives are this easy
to get to. Of course there is no charge for the hive and it is
available for collection almost any hour of the day (or night, as I
understand bees are semi-dormant then).

Thank you and please respond as soon as convenient.

Kenneth Ransier
lransier at pacific.telebyte.net