Hornets in the eaves, hidden behind boards, coming and going through 1/4 inch spaces. I'm loathe to exterminate them (exfoliate, electrocute, exorcise) — they are good pollinators and, who am I that is so important? An ethical dilemma.
Maybe all I need is an AK47, blast the hell outta them.
But seriously.
Since I'm a bit sting-shy, and don't relish the thought of great hordes of them rushing my face, I'm hiring a friend to brave himself up on a ladder and point a can of lethality at them.
But until that happens, in a few days, I anticipate a nightmare or two where they drill through the sheetrock and swarm into my bedroom, hissing clouds of unrelenting pain. Wasps, hornets: they sting multiple times, and with little consequence to themselves.
My brain tonight is overfull with buzzing, even as the hornets ease into dusk.
The lives a house contains, the many thousands incubating as I type.
If your Hornets are the same as our Hornets (like HUGE Wasps), then best get rid of them. With ours, two stings and you're dead.
ReplyDeleteYou've just reminded me we have the same thing going on and right outside my own bedroom.
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