Last week I stuck my hand in some kind of wasp nest and today I disturbed a bees nest. I am jumpy as a hen at the moment. I always mulch with leaf litter, and today when digging with a pitchfork in my usual pile I must have hit a nest. I don't think the bees were too aggressive (not as bad as the wasps anyway) as I was standing in the pile swatting at what I thought were flies for a bit before I got stung. They look not too unlike honeybees. Maybe darker. Definately not yellow jackets. My question is what do I do now? The pile is large: approx. 10 X 10 feet. I don't know where the nest is. The bees have been hovering over the pile and my wheelbarrow all day. I've got two young kids and a dog which use the yard. If I stay out of the pile will the bees die or move on over the winter? How aggressive are these bees? If a stray ball lands in the pile are my kids likely to be stung? ANy advise appreciated,