I emptied a can of wasp spray on the nest under my eaves in broad daylight just to be rid of it: three days later, the nest was back and I understood what I had never touched
After dousing a wasp nest with an entire can of spray in daylight, the colony rebuilt in three days. What I didn’t realize was that I’d only killed the foragers outside—the queen and larvae remained untouched inside. Timing, technique, and one forgotten detail changed everything.