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Yellow-Jacket wasps gonna be bad this year! | |
| czygyny Offer Upgrade  User ID: 418932  United States05/08/2008 12:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| czygyny User ID: 429592 United States05/08/2008 01:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No problem in my neck of the North Woods. Yellow jackets are bad in dry years and so far it's been very wet. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 53226That means monsterSKEETS. :the_iron_m: PS, regional reports are more helpful if you say where you are :)  Far northern California, Redding area. While we have a great snowpack, we are short on our spring rainfall. Dry seasons make grasshoppers worse, too. I just nailed one trying to lay eggs in my garden. |
| Solar Guy User ID: 381742 United States05/08/2008 01:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Carpenter bees were drilling holes in my neighbors's house. I use a propane torch and a can of starting fluid to burn their wings off. When they fall to the ground I step on them. I fill in the holes with "great stuff" foam. This is the second year I had to do this as my neighbor won't do anything about them. I'm in Indiana. Poor people do poor people things, and rich people do rich people things. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! when you rob Paul to give to Peter ... ... ... you will always get Peters support! :Brieffromnativea: |
| czygyny (OP) User ID: 418932 United States05/08/2008 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Carpenter bees were drilling holes in my neighbors's house. I use a propane torch and a can of starting fluid to burn their wings off. When they fall to the ground I step on them. I fill in the holes with "great stuff" foam. This is the second year I had to do this as my neighbor won't do anything about them. I'm in Indiana. Quoting: Solar Guy. . Don't you think the torch and starting fluid is a bit too extreme for the task? Any excuse to play with fire, I think! ;-) I only get to play with fire in the winter, fire danger is just too bad here in the summer. We have big fat carpenter bees, bigger than bumblebees, not sure if they are the same species that you have. Mason bees are smaller and burrow in wood, but I've never had trouble with them around the house. The only ones I take umbrage with is the yellow-jackets, vespids from hell. |
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| mopar28m User ID: 497958 United States09/05/2008 07:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When we lived in a trailer, the back end had a HUGE nest of them in it. My husband emptied a whole can of wasp spray into the hole & then covered up the hole with duct tape. We left it covered for a week & then took the tape off. Never had a problem again. vaccinefreehealth blogspot com The risk far outweighs any benefit as the risk will vary from child to child. facebook.com/graphixyourway |
| czygyny (OP) User ID: 418932 United States09/05/2008 07:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My yard is so full of yellow jackets that I can't go out without getting stung. We were concerned why they are so abundant this year. I read your response and realized the great big bees that I have been seeing at night around the light must be queens. If we figure out what is going on, we will let you know. Thanks for the info. Oh, we live in East TN. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 497967Not too sure if those you see at night are yellow-jackets. The only time I ever saw them flying at night was while I had the bright idea to dig up the nest in my front yard at night! They will fly blind and sting whatever the land on. Thankfully I ran faster than they can fly at night. I saw the queens during the day, and I always heard them before I saw them, but I am more attuned to outside sounds than most people. It was during the early spring when the queens were coming out of hibernation, although they must make a late season foray to find places to spend the winter. Smack one down and put it in a jar and do a search on Google for yellow-jacket queens. The markings are very similar to other wasps, but the thorax and head color/patterns are different, and they are stockier than wasps. The queens are beefy vespids. After a hot summer of all sorts of wasps, small, medium and large paper wasps, all sorts ground-hunter wasps, and a large assortment of different bees, I saw only one of two yellow-jackets. I guess my early spring attack was a success. Here's one of the red ground-hunters I saw this summer. Look at those smokey wings that reflect the sky! :red wasp: Kletos, Eklektos & Pistos |
