Have any of you raised your voice or gone on about something too much? Feeling horrible with guilt!

They are not going to believe you, until you quit going over there. Be firm. Do not go. A wasp sting could kill a person that has an allergy. Plus, it is so unpleasant. I guess they will get the message, when they get stung.

Overwhelm, if you know where the nest is it's a piece of cake. First you go to the hardware store and ask for a puffer container of wasp nest killer. It's just a can or a plastic bottle like they used to put scouring powder in in the olden days. Then you wait 'til nightfall, or late dusk will do. You sneak up to the nest, wearing long sleeves and rubber gloves if you are a big fat coward like me, but you don't really need them. You squoosh or shake powder into the entrance, around the entrance, onto any bits of the nest you can get at. Then you tiptoe away going heh heh heh. That will settle the little b*stards.

Some interesting facts about wasps. 1. They are cloned sisters. 2. Entrance to the nest is determined through scent, so, fascinatingly… 3. They MUST get back to the nest by nightfall. If they don't, even if they survive the night outside the nest, they will never be allowed back in because their scent will have worn off and the guard wasps will kill them. I actually ended up feeling a bit bad about that when the emergency exterminator plugged a small hole in a wall where they'd got into my living room, trillions of them, and explained that I'd be able to go back in perfectly safely the next morning for that reason - they'd all be dead. So they were. It looked like a wasps' nuclear winter in my house next day. But generally I have no pity when it comes to wasps, I must admit - all that baloney about how they're more frightened of you than you are of them blah blah blah. Are they 'eck as like - I was weeding a flower bed, minding my own business, and one of them came up and stung me on the FACE! For nothing!!! That meant war…

But meanwhile ring round and get some estimates, because this is really not a big deal for an exterminator and it really shouldn't cost too much.

Blimey, Jessie! You're a brave girl :) (or a very very fast runner!)

I've tackled many a wasp nest in my day. No problem at all. Just keep the storm door propped open for easy escape.

I've never been stung by a wasp, I've lived around them for years and they don't bother me at all. Of course, I've never let one land on me. That would be asking for it. I step out of her way and let her go about her business. The bad ones to sting are the things we called sweat bees. Yellow jackets are sneaky, too. They land on you softly, then sting if you move wrong.

Honey bees and big wasps are okay, since I'm not allergic. Sweat bees and yellow jackets have no excuse for their rudeness.

This 'wasp behavior' may be valuable for human behaviors. If you don't get back home before dark, the guard wasp will kill you! Even if you do survive the night out, you won't be allowed back in because you smell different!

Stepping out of the wasp's way and letting the wasp go about her business, a good caregiving idea when under attack! Sneak back late at night to administer that powder (or medication), then sneak away again, heh heh heh!

If all else fails, RUN!

Sometimes we rant because people don't seem to hear us when we are being reasonable. I think you have a right to a wasp-free house. "I am NOT coming here again until those wasps are GONE!" is not unreasonable at all.

I have twice had to stay in hotels in my own city until mold mitigation got done by the people in my family who were NOT deathly allergic to the stuff. Ranting for hours would not have been good, but voting with my feet worked. I can handle minor cleanups with an N-95 mask, and I could be a spokeswoman for the Tilex company, but if they do something negligent again and we have a major problem I would do the same thing again.

From a safe distance observe the wasps and you will see where they have their nest. Off to the hardware store or Walmart and purchase a can of wasp killer. You need the kind that sprays from 20 feet. At dusk or dawn advance to 20 feet from the nest and let fly till the area is covered then duck quickly in through Jessie's open door. It will cost less than $10 and I would not expect a visit from an exterminator to be less than $100.
If they are still around repeat the next night. Just don't kill the bees a bee keeper will take those for free that is unless you are way south and they are killer bees then pay the exterminator. Cheaper than the ER

Bees or wasps? They're 2 different species. You should contact a beekeeper who can safely remove the bees - they're becoming endangered and should NOT be killed.

Wasps are a different story. You'll need to do some research to determine which species the insects are, then research wasp elimination to find ideas how you can remove them yourself.

If you're stung again and your skin begins to swell, go to the ER. You may be allergic.

Yellow jackets are another species - I've been stung by bees and yellow jackets - the latter are much, more aggressive and the stings are more painful.

Stop waiting for your parents to do something - do this for them and protect all of you.

Do a search on wasp extermination; you generally can find some good suggestions on DIY and gardening sites.

Agree with you, VSTEFANS, Vote with your feet! I love that phrase.
COULD IT BEE me, you are so exactly right, Caregivers are humans too, even though we don't act like it sometimes.