wasp nest

[thelocals]

My wife heard on the radio that a wasps nest is called a bike or byke!
Is this correct?

[paddywak]

It is indeed

bike2 or byke ()
n a nest of wasps, wild bees, etc; a swarm of people.
vi to swarm.
[Origin unknown]

\u00A9 Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd: The Chambers Dictionary 2003; The Chambers Thesaurus 2004