Sick post, it should get the axe (hatchet?).
You know, many of these late season hives, made of virtual paper, they don't last long, but the inhabitants get to buzz a lot, then flee underground, to emerge in the spring. Full of dirt, but that's how they started.
As insects, with little stingers. Annoying, I guess.
Does that nest look like a face or what? Who could it be?
Don't be so dismissive of hornets.
After all, from Holy Writ:
Ex:23:28: And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Deut:7:20: Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Josh:24:12: And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Now, if this would just happen once more!