Thanks Lar, it looks like the first picture you posted. The yellow and
black coloring in the second picture wasn't evident to me. Maybe I'll try
setting up a couple of lawn sprinklers in the area and see if that helps.
In the event it doesn't, can the insecticide be purchased at a chain store,
or perhaps garden stores generally carry it?

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Well, I tried to take some pics of the bees themselves, but they
refused to
sit still. They are constantly in motion, and appear to be about 1/2"
in
length, and from what I could see when I tried to get close to them,
they
appeared to be greyish in color and perhaps even kind of fuzzy. Very
strange looking for a bee, but I could be wrong since they move really
quickly. I'm in the process of putting some high resolution, non
bandwidth
friendly pics of their home at http://www.nema.com/rob/bees

Posters, thanks for the info on chemical killers, I have no issues
with
that. Is this the sort of stuff I could pick up at Home Depot or
would I
need to find some sort of specialty store?


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We have an absolutely huge colony of wasps on a strip of lawn.
There
is
about a one foot tall mound of dirt that appears to be their
main
entrance,
but they have literally hundreds of other entrances over a 30' x
8'
area.
At any given time during the day, there are dozens of bees all
over
that
stretch of yard. When we have guests over, this is the area
they
usually
park in. How can I possibly kill a colony this large, there
must be
thousands of wasps.



Rob, the description you are describing sounds more like Cicada
Killer
Wasps.
They are a solitary wasp that can nest in the same areas as many
others. I
have never known anyone personally who has been stung by them. Only
the
female has the stinger and she is usually only seen around the nest
stocking
it with food. If they are Cicada Killers, they will be gone in a few
weeks
until next year. If you feel you need to do anything for them any
sort of
insecticide labeled for ground wasps/bees works fine, just have to
hit
each
individual opening. Digger bees would be another thought, but once
again
they
are solitary in nature nesting along side others. They can be a long
term
problem, but you can encourage them to move on by keeping the area
wet. If
you happen to get a pic of the wasps/bees please post them
somewheres fore
viewing or feel free to email them to me.
--
It is said that the early bird gets the worm,
The nesting site looks like what I see with digger bees rather than a wasp
colony. Here are a couple of pics of the bee found on the web.
http://pollinator.com/sc_beeplants/diggerbee2.jpg
http://tinyurl.com/2fnxh
An insecticide dust would probably be the best control if you go that
route,
but you would need to apply it to every hole and new ones that will appear
the next couple of weeks. Supposedly you can make them move on by keeping
the
area wet, but depending on how big an area it is, may not be practical.
They
usually nest in semi barren locations and planting ground covers, if
desired,
may discourage them from showing up next year.
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It is said that the early bird gets the worm,
but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!