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The wasp in 3B

Bird House becomes wasp nest.

A slender mud-dauber wasp moved into the garden this summer.

He lives in a little teapot, the bird house 3B.

At first, he was a nice neighbor. We got along swimmingly.

Until he had children and became quite cross you see.

I don’t like the wasp in 3B.

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  1. Lisa at Greenbow

    I had the same phenom this spring. I have never noticed them getting into birdhouses before. Maybe all the rain chased them from their normal territories. They chased out a viable nest of House Wrens this year. Grrrr This did not make me happy. I love your poem too.

  3. Carol

    Those wasps can be vicious.

    This I know!

    One stung me as I innocently walked by.

    I took care of him and his whole family…

  5. marnie

    Compared to the wasps we had when I lived in Alabama, the ones here in Illinois are downright friendly. Don’t know why those southern wasps are so mean tempered:) Can’t let him stay there in 3B if it’s close to a walkway.
    Marnie