> > The German wasp populations in NZ are, as stated, quite a problem to > many people apart from beekeepers. > Getting rid of most nests is not so difficult, given that you have first > *found* it ('First, catch your rabbit...') For nests up to about 1 metre > diameter, generally subeterranian, but also aerial, I have use d Carbyryl > (Sevin) in powder form. I've never missed with nests of this size with > about 1T placed (often flung in haste...) *near an/the entrance(s)* so that > returning foragers track it into the next (oops nest). I've used other > chemicals - DDT and even Derris dust (rotenone) with invariable success. > I'd *love* to have a go at bigger nests!! Okay, I apologize publicly. Maybe there are such huge nests. But the part about the truck and jackhammer are still a little hard to swallow. I would assume that this is only possible in warmer climates. Surely there are multiple queens in a population that large. (?) Why worry about Africanized bees when these things are around? I hope the auto insurance companies don't hear about this. My payments are already too high. :-) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Stephen Bambara NCSU-Entomology, Box 7626, Raleigh NC 27695-7626 | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| | Voice: (919) 515-3140 | INTERNET: [log in to unmask] | | FAX: (919) 515-7746 | | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=