Chatty,
We discovered a Wasps nest on the back of our garage a few years ago. A neighbor told us to smoke them out. We were afraid of burning the garage down so we had another idea.
My husband would get on the front end of an eight foot two by four, I would be on the back end. We would knock the nest down and run for the house. We did just that however my husband ran to the house, locked the door and wouldn't let me in.
I had to convince him the bees were all gone and that we knocked down an empty nest.
Maggie