Thanks for that info, @CCE . I’ll probably ask my neighbor for their spray tonight. I’ll try after dark - as long as it sprays directly up into the light fixture, I should be OK. We’ll see!
Use a good flashlight and have the light off, if it is incandescent or anything else that generates heat when running, otherwise - POP!
Good luck!
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Yes to after dark. We used to have a deck that paper wasps liked to nest beneath. I didn’t like killing the wasps but we had to avoid the deck if we didn’t.
The wasps will be in the nest after dark and should be less active. Make sure the insecticide you use has a strong, “knockdown” type spray capable of saturating from a distance—@CCE mentioned this. Cover up your skin very well: hoodie, long pants, long sleeves, eye protection, gloves, and even a medical mask on your face. Be ready to make a quick escape too! We were never stung but we didn’t like taking chances.
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Here’s my problem - because it’s up at the top of an outside light, the distance thing is the issue.
These are the lights (not my place). The light where they’re building the next is located to the RIGHT of the slider door as I open the sliding glass door - so I can’t just open the screen, spray and slam it shut. I have to step out and spray from underneath. It’s like the 2nd picture:
I currently have a chair right under the light and two small tables near the chair, so I’d have to move them to the other side and away from my getaway path. LOL
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If you do have the heavy spray (test first), I can hit double that distance.
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Will definitely test, but how do you get the spray UP the light without getting right under it? 
I’ll figure it out. Or, as I said - let them go for 4-5 more months until the first killing frost. LOL
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Have you considered contacting the manager of your condo to deal with this? Our condo agreement explicitly says the association is responsible for the outside of the building. Last summer, when we had a hornet nest in a window alcove, they dealt with it once we reached out.
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I have thought about it; and yes, our agreement says association responsible for outside. But a friend across the way said she called the property manager about a similar issue several years ago, and was told it’s owner’s responsibility (although she did say that I have better luck with the property management than she does!). So that’s an option if I want to deal with them as well.
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Good luck!
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Another vote for getting help!
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You also might want to put a towel underneath the light to cover the deck . In case it drips .
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Ahhh, very good idea, thanks!
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Just want to thank @small_h again for gently recommending I see a professional today. It’s so nice to have internet friends who are looking out for you 
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I’m glad to help, and I hope you’re on the mend.
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Let me not speak of the Itchening.
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the Itchening
Benadryl. All the Benadryl. You’ll sleep great for 2 days but will get nothing done.
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Not the topical, which works very well for itchies of all kinds. @mig
Completed a 20 minute strength training video on YouTube, making the wise decision to just go with my own body weight as I ease into this. Went fine. I remembered to wear my knee braces and everything. Then I tried a yoga video. To stretch. Remembered I was an uncoordinated lunk. But, I know it will get easier as I do it more often. I wish the presenter would have edited the video to add a caption about which pose was coming up next. It would have made it a little easier to focus on my poses and not have to keep an eye on the screen (the weight lifting video did helpfully provide that).
The best part of working out was, after I finished and was getting a sip of water, I turned around and the algorithm decided that this was the next thing it should play:
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