The Hornet Apocalypse In the middle of July, we took the kids down to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma. While we were out, a moving truck backed into the mature Japanese Maple on the corner of our property—ripping down a third of the tree—and then drove off. When we got home, we discovered a football-sized bald-faced hornet nest was now on the ground, broken open, and very active!…