No, they would be paper wasps. Can be aggressive little buggers!

Definitely look like wasps who kind of look like flying ants.

Native bees look much more like flies, smaller than the common house fly. I think there are many different types of native bees.

are there different types of paper wasps? The one's we usually get make a bell shaped hive and are around 4 times the size. I've been stung by them many times

Roll up a newspaper , go give the nest a farking big wack
youll be able to identify species

Thanks everyone (except the panda ) I'll take it as a type of paper wasp.

No probs with getting rid of them as ive removed plenty of paper wasp nests by waiting till dark and popping the nest in a plastic bag. I just didn't want to do it if they were a bee.

Definately paper wasps.....

I keep native bees in hives at home, and look just like your first pic. Have a dozen hives of Tetragonula Hockingsi and Tetragonula Carbonaria. Catching a colony of native bees from the wild is pretty hard to do but not impossible. Setting an empty box hive very close to a colony could entice them in, with a bit or preparation. Physically placing a colony into an empty hive box will likely be successful though, if you manage to catch and place them, or transfer them from a log or tree trunk.

Those wasps are just gonna give you grief....

crakas said..
Paper wasps.... Burn 'em with a home made flame thrower. Wings burn off real easy, then they fall to the ground really cranky and unable to attack you...

Better still do it full of piss
and video it

crakas said..
Paper wasps.... Burn 'em with a home made flame thrower. Wings burn off real easy, then they fall to the ground really cranky and unable to attack you...

don't post it on the internet otherwise you'll have fanatical f#ckwits i mean vegans on your property

dusta said..

crakas said..
Paper wasps.... Burn 'em with a home made flame thrower. Wings burn off real easy, then they fall to the ground really cranky and unable to attack you...

don't post it on the internet otherwise you'll have fanatical f#ckwits i mean vegans on your property

You can do the same to those fanatical hypocritical vegans as well.