Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Hornets Nest Round Two

As you may know, there is currently a war going on at the Langmore between bees and myself. In a span of a few days, my sister had to destroy a wasp hive in our bedroom window and I destroyed two hornet hives on the front porch outside our window. After killing what I thought were the last two hornets, I thought the war between the two sides was over, but I was wrong.

Apparently, more than two hornets had survived the hornet genocide. After posting my entry on the hornet nest, I went outside to clean up the dead bees and knock down the two hives on the porch. While cleaning up, I noticed two more hornets had returned and were trying to build a third hive within a few inches from the previous two hives. Are you kidding me?!

I took my broom and killed the two hornets and swept their tiny, little hornet bodies with their comrades, pushing everyone off the porch and into the flower bed below. I thought that I had finally gotten rid of the hornets permanently.

Of course, I was mistaken. While heading out to the grocery store the next day, I noticed a single hornet trying to make a hive within a few inches of the third hive. What is wrong with these silly little insects? Why would you continually attempt to make a hive in the same spot? It doesn't make much sense to me.

While out, Rachel and I bought more Raid (can #3 at this point) and when I got home I sprayed the new hive, along with the entire porch near our apartment. Of course, the lone hornet fell to the ground, after receiving a deathly dose of insect genocide spray. You would have thought that would have taken care of the problem, but it didn't.

Today, Rachel and her dad rehearsed for the performance at Albert Hall next month, and on our way out to dinner we noticed that two hornets had returned and were desperately trying to make a new hive.

What...the...fuck...

After dinner, I used the remainder of the insect genocide spray to kill the three hornets that were now on the porch. Apparently, they called a friend to join them in their death. There wasn't much in the container left, enough to make the hornets fall to the ground but they were still spinning around on their backs. I would have felt bad for them, had they not been trying to make a fourth hive on the porch.

Dear Hornets,
Please get the hint and stop making hives on our porch. Living so close to our window is quite uncomfortable, because you have pointy stingers. I do not want to be stung, nor do I want to commit hornet genocide on a daily basis. Is there no where else you can make home? Please, spread your wings and fly away.
Sincerely,
The Hornet Killer

P.S. Can you take the spiders with you?

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