Confused about yellow jackets
weddingdance
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Ducks vs yellow jackets...
Comments (4)Hmm, well I know that guineas LOVE ticks and fleas, and will eat bees as well. If I don't feed my guineas too much in the morning, they forage really well. I'm sure they would go after yellow jackets if they find them. The downside of guineas is the NOISE, ha ha! I've heard that ducks are great for eating mosquitoes, not sure if that is all ducks, or just certain breeds. I know that some ducks are great at eating mosquito larvae in the water as well....See MoreYellow Jackets seem really aggressive this year
Comments (22)Problem? Yes!!! Big problem!! We kept gettin yellow jackets ---by the hundreds--- coming into this one room on the SW corner of our house. We killed 2 or 3 hundred [yes--I do mean hundred!] when my daughter finally saw the tiny hole above the west window where they were coming in. We stuffed it with paper which kept them from coming in by the droves. I went outside that west window and saw hundreds more swarming around a couple of cracks on the outer edge of this one west window. There must be thousands inside that wall of the house! I have sprayed can after can of wasp spray at them and at the entrance to their nest----still hundreds of them. I have set up yellow jacket traps by this window and they are filling up but there are still hundreds! I was stung by one of them in the house and I never had a more painful sting in my life!!! I have been stung by honeybees, wasps, mud dobbers, bumble bees, and even a scorpion once down in TX and none of them hurt like this sting did. These are the true yellow jackets pictured in the post above. Horrible monsters!!! I am a grandma and never in my life have I ever had problems with yjs until this year. They were around but didn't pay any attention to them. Well, they have my attention now!! I have a flower bed under this particular window and want to do some fall work there but can't because of these things. We hate to spend the money to have a professional come out and deal with it. What to do?!! Anyways ---- as you can see--I can relate to your problem. Aunt Lou...See Moreyellow jacket year again
Comments (5)bobby - I am careful about my dogs. Neurotically. Feel sorry for my dogs having to put up with me. Vicki - these yellow jackets don't seem too aggressive. I have never found them to be aggressive in general, and I've turned over a few nests by accident in my life. Maybe it depends on the colony? I know they have a rep for it. I was using a path 1' away from nests and dragging large yard trash limbs, wasps paid me no mind. Stood close and watched them at different nests, got zero attention from them. I am a huge, huge coward with wasp-y critters, and they didn't alarm me. The beau royally stirred up a nest and he kept stomping through their space until I saw it and panicked, but none stung him. He didn't even realize it was there (insert: MEN!). They were very agitated, flying about. Maybe they aren't that aggressive? I've found them to be easy to confuse, walk through them and they panic, fly in rapid circles, looking pissed off but actually just messed up. Not that I'll poke a stick at them or anything. Found this gentleman: Michael Goodisman, Assistant Professor at Ga Tech, Wasp Guy. Will probably email this dept with a few questions after I am done reading his papers. I just don't see how such a small area can support so many mini-predators....See MoreYellow jackets: my experience in getting rid of them.
Comments (3)While in many places Yellow Jackets do not nest in the same place in successive years in some parts of the USA the nest is not killed by cold weather so it can continue for quite some time. Traps are passive methods of control and work, kind of, at capturing some workers but never get the queen so do not eliminate the nest. So, while traps are not a complete waster of time and energy they are not as effective as some will tell you. To eliminate a Yellow Jacket nest you must kill the queen and that is not easy since she does not leave the nest once it is established. Yellow Jackets have not survived for eons without building several safety features into the nest structure, so often sprays do not get where you want them to go. However, as calliope suggested, placing some Carbaryl at the entrance to the nest so the workers returning to the nest must walk through the dust so they track it in is often the best means of control. Did you talk with anyone at your local office of the Texas A & M Cooperative Extension Service about wasp control? They do have some very good information about it that is not myth. Here is a link that might be useful: TAMU CES...See Moreshireguy
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