I came home from work last night and found this thing in the lawn next to my driveway. Seems we had some wind residual from Jose and the small tree branch broke.
The thing is bigger than a basketball, and home to these critters -
White faced hornets. Swell.
My research says that they're beneficial - they eat yellow jackets and other bugs, and pollinate flowers. The weather is changing here and they'll die off at the first frost, except for the queen who lives on to spawn the next generation. I'm kinda thinking I should move the hive to a safe location in the woods and let them survive. Anything that eats yellow jackets is a friend of mine. But if approached, these guys get very defensive of their queen and a few hundred of them would be rather scary.
It can't stay where it is. How should I deal with this?
The thing is bigger than a basketball, and home to these critters -
White faced hornets. Swell.
My research says that they're beneficial - they eat yellow jackets and other bugs, and pollinate flowers. The weather is changing here and they'll die off at the first frost, except for the queen who lives on to spawn the next generation. I'm kinda thinking I should move the hive to a safe location in the woods and let them survive. Anything that eats yellow jackets is a friend of mine. But if approached, these guys get very defensive of their queen and a few hundred of them would be rather scary.
It can't stay where it is. How should I deal with this?