If that's outside, then they should be easy to kill (even in the summer). If you're against those 20' shooting wasp killer sprays, then you can just put on a sweatshirt, a thick hat, gloves, safety goggles, etc. so they'll have a tough time stinging you, go out in early morning when it's coldest and still dark, put some red cellophane on your flashlight so you can see the nest. Then knock it down with a stick. When it falls to the ground, stomp on it. Don't worry too much if you have to get on a ladder to knock it down. All the other precautions will make you pretty robust against whatever weak attack they make.
If you're OK with the pesticide, then it's trivial, and you can do it in broad daylight, 90 degree heat, in your underwear. ... unless you're allergic, of course. On the more sympathetic side, these guys probably haven't done anything to you. Why hate them so much? I tend to leave them alone, expecting them to help control the other species in the neighborhood. I'm afraid of all wasps. But if they leave me alone, I leave them alone. However, there was one breed, one nest in particular, back in Texas that tortured me for my entire youth. They're bright red all over and *very* aggressive. They seemed to see me coming around the corner of the house after school and send their special forces squad after me. I got very good at having my key out, running past, getting it in the lock and opening the door before they got me. I failed a lot, though. One time, as I was unlocking the door, this one wasp stung me 3 times in a tight radius on my forearm. And because I was unlocking the door, I didn't even get my other hand over there quick enough to smash him. Little bastard. I spent a significant amount of my childhood shooting at them with my BB gun from the safety of a cracked window. Anyway, if you haven't been stung, why not let them keep their little condo? On 01/04/2018 07:50 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > Inline image 1 > > ^ Picture of the Insect/Bug home I simply don't have much experience > removing. > > Part of the problem will be getthing the bulb out being as that breaking > would add to the problem. > > The other part will be the nest(?) or Hive(?) itself and what ever may or may > not be using it. They bite. That hurts Lots of them biting would be bad. > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 8:30 PM, Steven A Smith <sasm...@swcp.com > <mailto:sasm...@swcp.com>> wrote: > > Gil - > > I don't know what kind of "hive bugs" you are talking about. The most > obvious in our environs would be wasps, followed by bees, with ants and > termites burrowing. I'm fairly confident that *all* wasps/hornets build new > nests each spring. > > I know the main contact for honeybee relocation in NNM if it happens you > have a swarm of honeybees that settled at your house this summer. Any > "hive" you have (most likely paper or mud) would long since have been vacated > (only the queen survives through the winter in hibernation) and will not be > re-used next year... you can simply remove it and destroy it or put it > somewhere auspicious and call it art. -- ∄ uǝʃƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
