The 90-kilogram hive, estimated to have contained up to 100,000 European wasps, was located by 11-year-old Jordan Waddingham.

It took two days to excavate and four men to carry it through the bush from its creek bed location.

QVMAG natural sciences curator David Maynard said the nest was now part of the museum's official collection.

''We've done the research and a literature review, there is no evidence to support any nests as big as this,'' Mr Maynard said.

''It will be used as a valuable tool for researchers.''

Museum honorary research associate Simon Fearn was responsible for conducting the ''crazy'' extraction project.

Mr Fearn said chemicals were poured down the nest's six entrances at night to eliminate the large colony.

''You could feel the wasps through the bank we were standing on, there was a very ominous hum,'' he said.

''I'm really pleased we managed to get it out of the ground in one piece.''

Mr Fearn said the careful approach was carried out at night, in order to avoid causing a potentially fatal swarm attack.

He said the sheltered location of the nest, safe from frosts underneath blackberries, allowed it to grow beyond a single season.

Jordan said he found the nest by tracing the movement of the insects back to their underground burrow.

His mother Stephanie Dowde said she was glad to be rid of the wasp problem.

''It's amazing what happens when you get an 11-year-old with $20 and two crazy men with shovels,'' Ms Dowde said.