I think I have either a hornet or a bumble bee always hovering around my deck and I wonder why? [View all]

It's a fat black bug and I think it might be hovering because he has a nest nearby he's protecting. I have to duck him on my way into the house (thank god he doesn't follow me in!).

Will he go away once his nest eggs hatch and fly away? I hate to think I will have to duck him every time I go into the house forever.

I don't want to be mean but will he die soon? Or maybe he's annoyed with me for not going away first.

Or maybe he isn't a "he." Maybe it's a she who is guarding her babies?