oh my!! and those yellow jackets are quite agressive! They scare me!! I had a boss who was extremely alergic to yellow jackets so when we had a nest of them living in a drainage ditch right by the parking area, he was terrified... one sting could do him in! I think they took gasoline and poured it in there and caught it on fire. And it seems like they had to do it at a certain time of day, maybe the evening, to ensure that they were all in there.... not sure on the time of day, it the event is etched in my mind. they had to work fast!!! It worked. yellowjackets were gone.
We get lots of wasps around here too, all kinds. Last year we had a serious problem here with them... they were nesting in my dh's shop. He hadn't been in there in awhile and went in and opened it up and there were thousands of them swarming around. not exagerating either. and there were mice in there too. interesting thing was that there were hundreds of wings laying on the floor.... we think the mice must have been eating them?? that's all we can figure? but as nice as that was working out on a "nature taking it's course" standpoint, we didn't want any of them around!!! I'm not sure how many bombs he set off out there... eek!
boy, I sure have found myself rambling lately!
sorry!
