I declare VICTORY

I had some take up residence next to the door to our storm cellar.I sprayed the area with wasp and hornet sprat and put a mouse sticky trap next to their hole. The next day that trap was loaded with irate, stuck jackets. They are not too common in my area, thankfully.
 
The worst I ever got stung was when my brother and I had leased a bucket truck and were going around trimming trees. I was working over a house and after cutting a branch I would have to hang onto it swing drop down to clear a power line then swing again before I could drop the branch. or go to the ground. I lopped off a branch with a small chain saw and it began. Had to shut off saw and stick it in scabbard before I could get control grip and go to moving to get out of there. They got me a lot of times before I could get to the ground. Nest was in a branch next to the one I cut off. Next day early in the morning I went up and put a big trash bag with a gasoline soaked rag over the hive. That flat sucked.

Once working in a field near a tank yard in a refinery my partner was running a fork lift, he drives up and says I think a hornet just bit me on the lip. I could see his lip swelling up and said ya and it looks like your allergy. Hauled him to safety and he was really swelling up, they took hm to the Dr who shot him with some adrenaline and we got a record able injury. After that every time some one would go all injuries are preventable I would tell them about that and say how were we supposed to know a hornet was in a field

Another time I had some black ground hornets crawl up my leg and go to work.

I hate "lots of serious swear words" hornets.
 
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Although it’s correct to use hornet to describe many types of wasps, most folks in our area have always used the name hornet to designate the large wasps, that build basketball size, single entrance, grey, paper nests, most often in trees. A fallacy believed by all, since my bygone youth; If an object is thrown and hits a hornet nest, its sentry can trace the return path to the one that threw it; Run like h***, 'till you're safe.

Chubbo
 
Chubbo said:
Although it’s correct to use hornet to describe many types of wasps, most folks in our area have always used the name hornet to designate the large wasps, that build basketball size, single entrance, grey, paper nests, most often in trees. A fallacy believed by all, since my bygone youth; If an object is thrown and hits a hornet nest, its sentry can trace the return path to the one that threw it; Run like h***, 'till you're safe.

Chubbo
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I can verify that as a fact. While .22 target shooting on an abandoned bridge in N. GA, we spotted a paper hornet's nest hanging over the water. My uncle and I entertained ourselves for a while watching the hornets catch flies before my uncle told me to stand still and not move while he shot at a hornet on a leaf. He said the hornet would follow the bullet trail right back to us, so DO NOT MOVE!

He shot at the hornet, and it buzzed right back past our heads. Repeated shots produced the same reactions.
 
I have been using brake clean for years to kill wasp's and hornet's. I quick shot and they drop out of the air dead as a door nail!
 
When I serviced gas meters I had it ok in my area but when I went to the more humid areas of the State, especially around highway 93 it was bad. Yellowjackets would get in the vents of the meter index. Our normal procedure was to loosen the screws, have a bug spray can in one hand and with the other invert the index while tossing it on the ground, away from you. There were a lot of them along the Milk River too.
I have heard that a copper penny placed on a bite will slow down the swelling. I hate the things.
 
I was working in a cemetery while in high school. While mowing a section, one of us found a yellow jacket nest. We decided to pour some gasoline into the hole and burn them out. One of my co-workers said it was a bad idea and we were going to get stung. He said he wasn't going to help and stood in another section of the cemetery while we fought the yellow jackets. We heard him yelling and saw him running to the garage. It turns out he was the only one stung.
 
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