Saturday, as I was weed eating, in the yard, I was suddenly attacked by yellow jackets. By the time it was over I was stung 13 times. I found their nest, in the ground. Here is the aftermath of the ordeal. You can click on any photo to enlarge it and you can set the size you would like to enlarge the photos.
Date(s): October 14, 2007. Album by James Fulks. 1 - 8 of 8 Total. 10012 Visits.
1 I knew where the inground nest was and I went out after dark to destroy it. There were over a dozen hornets guarding the entrance. I had a gallon of gasoline which I poured on them and into the hole going to their nest.
2 The next day, I went back to make sure I had killed them. There was no activity at the nest site, so I figured the gallon of gasoline did the trick. I started digging into the ground to find the nest.
3 This is the paper covering they built around their nests. It is an amazing structure and houses many, many yellow jackets.
4 I took this picture to try to give a little bit of dimension to the nest. The entire nest is about half the size of a basketball.
5 Here, I peeled away the outer layer of paper. It revealed six tiers of nests. I read the hornets make their nests out of paper or wood they chew.
6 This is after I pulled the six tiers apart. Yellow Jackets were falling all over the place. Thank goodness they were all dead.
7 This picture and the previous one show the intricateness of their nest and how they place their larvae.
8 When I pulled the nest out, yellow jackets fell everywhere. This many again fell outside the hole. They won the battle but I won the war.
