I'm trying to picture how a hornet's nest can be "right beside the well". Do you guys in Maine have wells that are open to the sky? ...like the kind you draw your water up in buckets? ...and drop coins into and chase them with wishes? ...and hide dead bodies?

...'cause in Indiana, most wells are 60'-160' beneath the surface of the ground. I could empty twenty cans of Raid over my well and the chances of it seeping down 120' to my well opening, or significantly poluting the millions of gallons of water with which it would mix -- to the extent that I would ever be affected -- much less taste Raid -- would be astronomical.