A hornet’’s nest can be a scary thing to capture, especially if you’ve ever been stung by a hornet. But when you have three young teenage boys, you always have volunteers to do most any dangerous job. All three of my sons volunteered to coordinate the capture of the big hornet’s nest we found in their clubhouse. The hornets in it were sluggish due to the colder weather, but they still moved around outside the nest menacingly.

The boys donned all sorts of long-sleeved clothes and full-faced head gear to protect themselves. They may be brave, but they’ve not stupid. My nerves were on edge as I watched them. Jake scraped the nest off with a drywall trowel and quick let it drop into a plastic bag Robby and Sam held below it. Fearless! Well, sort of! They had rehearsed a carefully choreographed evacuation plan. Here’s the wikipedia site about hornets. Our hornets don’t look exactly like any of the ones shown. Ours are bigger, longer, with more disjointed bodies. They remind me of invading aliens in my worst nightmare.

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