Yellow jackets

...and I am not referring to a particular piece of clothing. I bought some potted herbs last Saturday, brought them home and decided to park them in a raised bed along our carport. Little did I know -- Yellow Jackets had built a five story condo in the back corner of this structure. If you don't know yellow jackets like to nest underground. You can only tell they are there when you see them flying in or out or you happen to disturb them by running a lawn mower over them or sitting your flower pots over the entrance to their nest. I was lucky to only get stung once which was really enough. The best way to get rid of them is to go back in the dark of night and dig up the nest and burn it. They are inactive at night and I have never had any problems with doing this to them at night. Here's the nest prior to it burning. It was difficult to burn. All I had was Tiki torch fuel. I wonder why they don't make some fireproof building materials as fireproof as this nesting material!