Dave wrote:

>    I use warm water with several good squirts of dish detergent in it.
> I use a hand sprayer (like the one cleansing solutions come in) and
> spray the hornets as they come and go. If you hit them squarely,
> they are dead, and they will not revive to come after you.
> Furthermore the nest is not warned of your presence. I have stood
> for an hour with my face 3 feet from the nest entrance without a
> single hornet investigating me, while I eliminate them one by one.

Second Dave's method. I was called to remove a bald faced hornet nest
right by the families front door. It was in a shrub and impossible to
get out. So I used the soapy water technique and was able to remove the
majority of them before I cut away the nest.

As most on this list know, the same method works on yellow jackets (and
bees).

I have many wasp and hornet nests around my yard and welcome them. Keep
the other pests that bother my vegetable garden in check. I have yet to
be stung by any of them but have been by both my bees and yellow jackets.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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