Just a few days ago when I was taking refuge from the hurricane, safe in Alabama,  I was prowling about the barnyard with my trusty Bushmaster in hand, getting set up to do some shooting at the barnyard range we've set up,  and before I knew it,  I had a real live Close Quarters Battle situation to deal with.

The enemy:  A large nest of paper wasps.   I HATE paper wasps.
The location:  INSIDE the wet/dry shop vac that was left near my range backstop. (A large bale of hay, the round type)  

The encounter:  I opened up the shop vac (which had been previously shot dead) to use the can as a trash can, and encountered...THEM!   Several dozen paper wasps, sitting on their large nest, all looking at me and getting ready to ruin my day.

NO WAY, JOSE!

As I had a few fresh, full 30 rounders in my pocket and there was NOBODY in the area,  rather than run I decided to engage the enemy.    

I slapped a mag into the rifle, hit the bolt release, and began rocking and rolling at point blank range, straight into the nest in the can at a range of barely 2 feeet, stopping every five rounds to do a quick BDA and enemy body count.   (More like a remaining enemy count as the bodies were of course pretty hard to identify)

The results were catastrophic for the enemy team.    Though any wasps that weren't torn apart by 53 gr. flat base jacketed hollowpoint Sierra Match Kings at 3200 FPS usually survived the shot,  the incredible concussion, muzzle blast, and heat of the blast effectively disabled all of them.  They were burned, blasted, blinded, and bruised by the blasts,  and through the encounter, not one of them managed to take flight except in pieces.    And I was able to put a bullet through almost every enemy combatant, and the two that survived met Mr. Bootheel.

All of this took place in a matter of seconds.   The five round bursts I fired were delivered so rapidly it sounded like I had the selector set to AUTO, but I don't have that  mode.

And the best part is, I didn't get stung once.   No enemy combatant managed to get off the ground except in pieces.

At close quarters and in a confined area,  the muzzle blast of your rifle will effectively disable wasps though it might not kill them outright.   That info MIGHT be handy to you.

Some basic terminal ballistic info on this round, too:

The bullets penetrate about six inches into packed soil,  and disrupt totally to yield small fragments of lead and copper.

They come within inches of penetrating a round hay bale completely,  and do not expand or fragment unless they encounter another bullet in the bale.   Rarely, one will penetrate completely but it has very little energy left, not enough to bury itself in a cedar plank, usually.   The condition of bullets recovered from the back side of the bale is excellent.   You would almost consider reusing them, but this is not recommended as they've been heavily stressed, of course.

Fired into gallon milk jugs completely filled with water, the hydrostatic effect is explosive and dramatic, but the bullet will not penetrate the back side of the second jug in line.   Disruption of the bullet is dramatic and total, resulting in lead and copper shrapnel.    Apparently,  disruption occurs in the first jug, based on the multiple entrance holes in the remains of the second jug.

CJ

The Match Kings (part no. 1400) aren't that bad.   I can get 500 for 47 bucks.     I make a thousand rounds for less than 200 bucks total, and it's match quality.    About the same price as white box Winchester,  but WBW sucks for accuracy compared to this load.

CJ

I've been stung ONCE by a wasp, and I was at least 20 feet from its nest and not moving at the time.

Oddly enough, that's the only flying insect sting I've ever had.   Not bad for someone who's 39!

I've never been bothered at all by honeybees.   I don't kill them though anything else is fair game.

Heck, honeybees are generally so mild mannered you can let them crawl around on your hand, and as long as you don't try to trap them or crush them,  they're fine with it.

CJ

I guess I have more of a Marine's attitude.  Face the danger and KILL IT.

I'm not a Marine, though!

CJ