When I was a kid, I was walking up our rather long driveway when about a hundred of those evil fuckers swarmed my head. No provocation. Just minding my own business. I sprinted up the hill swatting and shaking my head. Got bitten all over my head. All I could think of was WTF!?!
About three weeks later it happened again. This time I was pissed. I snuck back down to the barn and found a gallon of lacquer which I poured down their hole. I then lit the hole. It was great. At first a flame about a foot high was shooting out of the hole with the nasty little things burning with it. Then the flame died down a bit and was invisible. Invisible until one of those dickheads flew over the hole. It looked like a little orange flame would reach up and grab them. THAT's good entertainment right there.
I hate yellow jackets but they started it. And don't get me started about yellow jackets and hunting.
And for yellow jackets that is the case too since these were the Southern Yellow Jacket (V. squamosa) which have the nasty venom and can have colossal colonies. I hope this was a very small nest. I spray foamed it good but never saw any dead ones which usually are present at the hole. So either I got it good or will get it worse if there is another entrance nearby. Winter was really mild so it could be a multi-year nest which is very bad.:eek:
