YES, went and watched them coming and going. White faced for sure.
Here's a pic of it.

That's a beauty! You might be able to bag it with help.

Be careful with hornet spray. If it's legal for you to use it, I would. In NH we can't apply pesticides without a pest control license. Homeowners can but WCO's can't.

Whether you bag it or spray it, it would probably be wise to suit up.

By your picture it looks like the solid stream hornet spray would do the job and you would not have to approach nearly as close as I earlier suggested ...but go at night. Six feet away will probably work. Just direct the solid stream directly on the opening and keep it going until the can is empty. Try to get it aimed into the hole at an angle where it gets into the nest as far as possible too. Good luck! That might be a nest worth hanging on the wall if it does not get damaged. Don't try to do this before you spray.

Bee suits are $98.

I would burn it. Take a couple rags and wrap around a long stick.
Dip in diesel and light. Burn nest. Have a couple pails of water along to put out any remaining fire.
Make sure you wait till after dark.

Or you could just wait for those long red things with the sirens to pull up. They could probably spray that burning nest into the next county.

Shop vac and a little dish liquid will do the trick, I do these all the time without sprays and chemicals so no need for pco license.

Dish soap...and raccoon pee would be pesticides in this manner....

You could let some skunks go...and let them show you how it's done

If it's a problem and you can't spray it with bug spray; tearing it apart by standing back a safe distance and firing 7 1/2 12 guage bird shot into it will destroy it enough that birds will eat the surviving hornets and larvae. Plus it's kind of fun.

Keith

Just smack the crap out of it with a stick until all the bees are dead!

Not big enough for a 12 gauge. A 20 would do that one,with lead. Drop the lead out of 12 and replace with wheat. Environmentally friendly

Reminds me of one of the funniest commercials I've ever seen. I'm talking about wet-your-pants funny, but I'll be danged if I know what the commercial was selling:

Idiot 1 (We'll call him Moe) convinces Idiot 2 ("Larry") to climb a stepladder set up under the branch with the very active hornets nest ("I saw this technique on the internet!"). Larry is to lop off the branch with the nest, which will drop into a waiting trash can. Moe will then clap the lid on the can.
What could go wrong?...
Welll,,,,
Larry succeeds at cleanly clipping the nest directly into the trash can, then loses his balance and falls headfirst into the seething hornet reservoir. The clip ends with Larry's feet kicking wildly as Moe bravely runs away.
Wink, I'm sure the "Adventures With Bill" segment of the "Red Green" show has explicit instructions on some clever, innovative ways of doing this...

Dave, just remember, when it comes to falling off of things, I taught Bill everything he knows.

LOL, I remember it well, and you know what, I can't for the life of me remember what they were selling either! I think it was some Hospital ER. The punch line was, "Because people do stupid things".

It looks like I'm paying the price for recording every TV show I watch and fast-forwarding through the commercials. Haven't seen one in years.

I'm severely allergic to bee and wasp stings. Even have several EpiPens in my gear. Not too long ago I was setting up some training and there was a nest about that size in a shrub right outside the door of the residence we were using. Best trick I ever heard was a 20lb CO2 fire extinguisher and "freeze" them out. Two guys who work for me and I decided to try it (one just wanted to slam the EpiPen in my leg!) so we slapped on the Carhartt clothing, I had the CO2, one guy had a larger trash bag, and the third had loppers. A few blasts from the CO2 and the wasps were falling out of the entry hole like rain! I'd hit them again on the ground, then back to the hive. Took about 3 or 4 min to use the whole extinguisher and not a single sting or angry one anywhere! We bagged the hive and taped the whole thing closed. A day later there was no activity in the bag, but the shrubs looked like heck where they got froze.

I'd like to be the first to say it, "That was cool!"

Can I ask what you all are charging to do one of these hornet jobs start to finish?
I keep getting laughed at.....

Whatever we charge, it ain't nearly enough to cover the cost of the wasp and hornet spray. Global warming is actually caused by our

technicians. They must come out of the truck with a can in each hand and they must not take their finger off the button until the

cans are empty. Then the reach into their backpacks, grab two more cans and repeat the process. This heats up the earth and causes

more yellow jackets to flourish. The only thing I can hope for is that Obama's Global Warming Reduction Plan includes our techs. Now

I'm probably getting laughed at too.