Thanks Bruce, I should have found that quote and ridded myself ot the silly notion they crashed through the ceiling.
We discussed English building vis-a-vis earthquakes a few weeks ago. A nest of a hundred wasps might weigh ten pounds. Perhaps it fell from a great height.

I got stung by a white faced hornet and it was not only painful in a way I've never experienced (ie the quality of the pain) but it also felt like I'd been administered some kind of drug. The flesh at the sting site necrotized and left a hole about a quarter inch deep and the diameter of a pencil

Zackly. Do not ever dick around with

you put a pencil in there to check, didn't you?

:o Yes. I did.