Wasp or hornet in bait hive?

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Checked bait hive where a swarm has moved in and found an early wasp/hornet nest.

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The bait box had top bars across most of the national brood box and a wasp or hornet had started to build a nest in the middle. The bee swarm has pushed her out.
Had a quick Google but can't decide whether wasp or hornet. Cell size across the flat of the cell is 7mm.

Wasp or hornet?
 
Checked bait hive where a swarm has moved in and found an early wasp/hornet nest.

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The bait box had top bars across most of the national brood box and a wasp or hornet had started to build a nest in the middle. The bee swarm has pushed her out.
Had a quick Google but can't decide whether wasp or hornet. Cell size across the flat of the cell is 7mm.

Wasp or hornet?
Very much like the one I had in my bait hive, but yours is slightly further on. Mine was a hornet.
 

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