Living near the swamp I once had a swarm of mud daubers that build nests in my attic. Wearing bee net protection and armed with a long vacuum wand, I sucked up 5 gallons of wasps. Afterward, I had to do chemical treatment to keep them from coming back.
That’s crazy! Good thing you got them. I don’t think I’d of taken them on like that. My neighbor in SoCal had a honey beehive in their attic and did nothing about it. And whenever I’d water my herb garden they’d swarm around my garden and collect the precious water. It was cool but looking back maybe dangerous. I made oils at the time from the herbs and flowers and had a really good product from those bees.
I call these ones the wizards. Because looking directly at them looks like they have a grey beard like a wizard lol. I have the same experience they are really friendly!
You were right. I cut the bulb open and it looked like the inside of a fig with lots of holes. I went ahead and removed that so hopefully it won't spread to the other big oaks.
