Ongoing Battle

I am engaged in an ongoing battle with a nest of ground-dwelling bees. I've used poison 5 times. I put a clear plastic food container over the large hole in the ground and covered it with a brick. Still the bees survived. I sprayed some more. Bees scare me so I have to wait until it is completely dark to go out there and attack. I saw the hive entrance was completely covered in white powder. When I checked again I saw many dead bee bodies blocking the entrance. I thought I had them licked. I was tempted to dig with a shovel to explore this hive and see how big it really was. This afternoon I took my shovel out to the nest. Just to be sure I waited and watched first. Good thing I did! Bees had dug a new nest entrance three inches west of the original hole. Can you imagine what would have happened to me if I stuck my shovel into a live bee nest and opened it up to the air? Ai Carumba. As soon as it gets completely dark, I'll be out there with my flashlight and bee poison again.