OT: wasp nest - take it down or let it go?

[dave thompson]

Originally Posted by soulspinner

Love my Bumblebees in my back yard. They are working on the rose bushes before dawn and in 29 years they have been on me in my clothes and never stung me. Just working....

Bees, Bumble and Honey, are patiently intent on doing their jobs and aren’t aggressive unless directly attacked. Wasps, hornets and yellowjackets are a different breed of cat, wildly unpredictable and viciously aggressive.

I would NOT, under any circumstances, try to knock down one of their nests. They relentlessly pursue their antagonist and sting them multiple times each as they have no barbs in their stingers like bees do. Dealing with them is like being in a knife fight with hundreds of demons.