There are indeed some good ideas there.
I woke up this morning to find my knight in shining armor with his pyrotechnic skills ready to fight my battle. He showed me how to do it, and I'm no longer afraid of burning them out.
He cleared it for me, but I may have to do some reinforcements this week. Then he flew off to CA.
To get rid of them, take a long pole and fasten some rolled up newspaper to it. Set it on fire and thrust it into the wasp nest. The newspapers can be fastened to the pole with a rubber band, or by tying them with a string.
Sounds crazy, but what happens is the flames burn the wings off the wasps and they cannot attack you.
When they come back to the hive, it is hot and smoking. If it's a small hive, and this one is, you can continue to make sure it's hot and smoking. Eventually they rebuild their hive elsewhere.
I found it interesting that these hives don't go very deep. They build their papery hive in there, but it doesn't go down into the ground. If you can imagine a shallow bowl submerged into the ground, it would be like that.
The bites on my forearm have my arm swollen up pretty bad today. It itches, too, so I have to keep taking antihistamines.
Cher
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