Got 'em

All people with sensitive stomachs might want to skip this post. Indeed, I am not proud of what I am going to write. This is exacerbated by the fact that I'm currently also teaching Hinduism, where I tell the children all life is sacred. And while I am not a Hindu, it is hard to argue with such great philosophy/theology that has such resonance, but anyway....
Checked the wasp trap today and (why should I feign remorse or nonchalance?) - yay! - it finally had a load of wasps in it. I can explain my exultation only in the light of the fact that I view the bees as my pets and friends and helpers and the wasps as their, and therefore also my, enemies. So the fewer of them, the better.
It seems the jam needs to ferment a few days before it is potent enough to lure the wasps. But then, what  a job it did.

Wasps jam packed in the trap

But my shame goes deeper. This evening when I went to put the emptied super frame from the top of the hive away for storage, there were five wasps idling on the roof. With five quick bangs I had killed them all with the top bar of the frame. It could have been worse, I suppose. I could have killed them all with one blow and then had a belt made with 'Five at one blow' inscribed upon it. But as I am neither valiant, nor a tailor, I didn't.