>
> 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. :-)
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