I found a yellowjacket nest today.

[SteveS]

Or more accurately, they found me. I was mowing the barnyard this morning when I felt a pain in my arm. I looked down and a bee was stinging my arm. I brushed it off and continued mowing but I was watching carefully for more bees. On the next pass I saw what looked like a scene from a science fiction movie; a black swarm emerging from the ground. I got the heck outta Dodge and retrieved the wasp and hornet spray. I used half a can and killed the ones that were at the entrance, but others were occasionally crawling up past their dead comrades (see the photo below). Since I was out of bug spray, I poured about a quart of diesel fuel down the hole, but that just made them angry. One by one they emerged from the nest and flew off. I counted more than 50 and they were still coming. I poured another gallon of diesel fuel down the hole and that seemed to do the trick.

Watch out for those things. A couple of stings really hurt, but 100 could be deadly.

[Bikebum]

Steve, did you properly report the diesel fuel spill with the EPA? The soil will have to be dug up and sent to Emelle.

[Vance]

Think they are on the move because of the mower? Or....maybe it was the super collider!!!! Looks sort of like a black hole down in there!

[SteveS]

Vance,

I ticked them off the first time when I unwittingly mowed over their nest. I didn't even notice the nest until I passed the second time and they all came swarming out. A colony can have up to 4,000 workers, but I didn't dig up the nest to count them.

[dixieoutlaw]

I'm with Jamie and I'm reporting you to Tom Gilbert. He can arrest you for EPA violation.
Gary