After a couple stung me last week I had fun with a can of bug nerve gas and a plain old assault hornet nest this weekend. They buzzed around angry for a few seconds, then they crashed to the ground twitching. Then I sprayed the honeycomb section at the top to wipe out the next generation.
A very proactive way to pass the time!
I’ve taken a 12 gauge to a couple of nests. One in a tree, the other in the ground. Seemed to work just fine.
If you wait until dusk you can get them all with no buzzing around and you get the satisfying plops as they fall to the ground. I got 35 yellow jackets at their nest outside my office window. I see it’s being recolonized. I’ll visit them soon