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Try the county Vector. It depends on where you live, but in San Bernardino county, California the county Vector comes and takes care of stuff like that usually free of charge.
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Thanks everyone. I think I'll try the beekeeper deal. I have wasps also. They nest in everything! Left my car for a week in the driveway about a month ago and when I went to open the door they had already started nesting behind the sideview mirror. Crazy. Really pissed them off when I opened the door.
I couldn't imagine having anything like Wes had, that was insane. 
Wasps like to attach their nests to the underside of the roof, under the eves, so to speak. The best way I found to get rid of them was to, 1st, put on safety goggles, 2nd, gloves......Now, put some pool acid in a fruit jar,(an inch or so) or a large glass. Go out at night, slip the jar/glass over the nest pushing it againt the roof/eve......The vapor will kill the wasps instantly and they will drop into the acid, all of them....When no more are coming out of the nest, just scrap the jar/glass sideways and the nest will also fall into the acid. Since you are doing this over your head, be careful with the acid, and always use the goggles/gloves....Works everytime, no mess, no fuss, just dead wasps...............MP
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Wasps like to attach their nests to the underside of the roof, under the eves, so to speak. The best way I found to get rid of them was to, 1st, put on safety goggles, 2nd, gloves......Now, put some pool acid in a fruit jar,(an inch or so) or a large glass. Go out at night, slip the jar/glass over the nest pushing it againt the roof/eve......The vapor will kill the wasps instantly and they will drop into the acid, all of them....When no more are coming out of the nest, just scrap the jar/glass sideways and the nest will also fall into the acid. Since you are doing this over your head, be careful with the acid, and always use the goggles/gloves....Works everytime, no mess, no fuss, just dead wasps...............MP
Yes, they nest under the eaves wherever they can, especially where the roof meets at the top.
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I know from EXP that an airless with a 517 tip kills lots of bees really fast... just makes a mess.( don't ask)
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Wasps like to attach their nests to the underside of the roof, under the eves, so to speak. The best way I found to get rid of them was to, 1st, put on safety goggles, 2nd, gloves......Now, put some pool acid in a fruit jar,(an inch or so) or a large glass. Go out at night, slip the jar/glass over the nest pushing it againt the roof/eve......The vapor will kill the wasps instantly and they will drop into the acid, all of them....When no more are coming out of the nest, just scrap the jar/glass sideways and the nest will also fall into the acid. Since you are doing this over your head, be careful with the acid, and always use the goggles/gloves....Works everytime, no mess, no fuss, just dead wasps...............MP
So you prefer this over Tom Brown's method? 
I've always just squirted them at night with the long distance wasp spray and a flashlight, they fall out of the nest on the ground, end of story. Knock the nest off with a shovel or something. Since I'm allergic to them I don't really enjoy the thought of getting up close and personal with a jar of acid. But that's just me.
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Traci;
Those wasps will be trying to nest in all the openings in the toyhauler, too.
The furnace vents, the water heater, the 'fridge stuff.
I cover the smaller openings with masking tape all during the off season to keep the damn things out of there. The local hardware store has stuff called "hotshot" that is waspkiller that will spray about 20 ft. It works great for those top of the eve nests etc.
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When I was around 10 years old, a buddy and I found a nest. It was wasps, hornets, yellowjackets, or something. We didn't know or care.
We made note of the location and went back at night with a couple of cans of Right Guard deodorant spray and Bic lighters.
We sparked the lighters and sprayed the Right Guard across the open flames. The thought was, it ought to shoot a couple of feet. We were told it was effective but hadn't tried it before.
The flame poured out like a flame thrower. It must have gone 12~15 feet. We went from extreme night vision to seeing nothing but red and blue spots. My buddy freaked out and dropped his can of Right Guard, burning my shoulder a bit and singeing my hair.
We got the hell out of there. I don't recall seeing even a single insect They probably enjoyed the warmth the few seconds of being engulfed in flame brought.
The next day, we could see the leaves were a little disfigured but the bush stayed green and never yellowed.
That asshole used to get me into nothing but trouble. Even today, he remains the cause of my behavioral issues. Ironically enough, he's grown up to be a really good and classy man with a rock stable life and loving family.
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Tom, I managed to get myself in a world of shit with the damn wasps as a supposedly intelligent adult.
It can be done.
While cutting a road into our property for the house I now live in, I came across a "bees nest" hanging off of the end of an old hunk of riveted culvert pipe, sticking out of some brush. It was about 24 inches tall, maybe a foot across at the widest point.
I called an old beekeeper guy up the road, he came down, looked at it, said "Jeff, those are wasps, I don't screw with them, best of luck, bye"
So, I decided I'd get a metal trash can, fill it half full with about 10 gallons of diesel, put it under the nest, which was hanging about 6 ft. in the air, then knock the nest off, into the can, and quickly put the metal lid on.
Even at 23, I wasn't very bright.
Everything went fine until I started sawing the nest with a limbsaw, the fockers deployed immediately, and by the time the damn nest dropped into the can they were in a full wing attack formation, and seriously after my ass.
I got the lid on, jumped in the truck, and somehow managed to escape without taking any hits.
I waited about two weeks before opening that trash can. The nest had completely dissolved, only a couple hundred of the little demons floating in the fuel.
I think the little focks I kill around here now are the descendants of that tribe; and in some giant paperlike nest somewhere they tell the story about the big prick with the limbsaw and the diesel, passing on the oral tradition, and programming their offspring to torment me and my family, for eternity.
However, I did have a friend like your growing up. The last time i saw him was about 20 years ago, he was still single, driving a brand new 911 and making about 250k a year.
Figures.
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Well the bee's and wasp's were the least of my worries today. Had a fire start this morning on my road right in front of the house from a garbage truck (Amador Disposal) hauling a dumpster that was f'ng dragging on the ground. We had just got home and heard it go by the house and made a comment about how dangerous it was. About 3 minutes later some kind gentleman pulls into my property and is honking and yelling for us to come around to the front. We couldnt see the fire and had no idea and by that time it had already spread like crazy. Came within 10 feet of the house and if my husband hadn't had the Bobcat here the fire dept said we would have lost it all for sure. I called 911 and reported it but there was another fire (two actually) up the road from us and that was there they stopped first so it was up to us to get it out and it took us awhile with help from neighbors and passerbys. Thank God. Nothing like fighting a fire in shorts and thongs. Scared the hell of us.
I'll get to the bee's later.
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