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sequoia54

Is there a way to discourage yellowjackets from nesting some places?

sequoia54
2 years ago

I have a narrow garden bed along my deck, with a low wallstone block wall between the bed and the lawn. Last year and this year again, yellowjackets have nested in the ground right next to the wall. I am wondering if I dug a trench along the wall, say six inches deep and six inches wide, and filled it with shsrp gritty gravel, if that would make it unpleasant enough for the queen to NOT dig there next year. I hate to just keep killing them every year. But it’s a dangerous spot. And this is a large yard, with a lot of suitable nest sites.


I get that they are important scavengers and part of the web of life. But I had some traumatic experiences with wasps as a child and I am really terrified of being stung. I was stung a couple of times (by the same yellowjacket) a couple of years ago, and it was just as painful and unpleasant as I remembered!


I’d appreciate any advice you all have. Thanks!

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