Sounds like they have moved in big time.
We had trouble with a nasty little bee that was burrowed under our sidewalk to the front door.
They would go after any one who walked down the walk.
When they bit, no stinger here either, our granddaughter something had to be done.
Husband went after them with a vengeance, got bit and arm swelled up so had to take antibiotics, but finally got rid of them.
They were a scavenger type that actually would bite and would infect a person.
So good luck with your endeavors and I hope you can get rid of them without much destruction on your home.
Thanks, deck man is not coming until around December to work. He has to build the new deck lower than ours now. So the wood on the house was having to have work done anyway but it’s looking like he’ll have to take more off the house than expected. They are in a mass between our wood siding and brick in a corner of our deck. The lady tonight pointed them out to me right before she got stung.
To think out here in Oregon I did get to go to one of his rallies. They are the best.
Pray America wakes