Re:Life cycles of a hornet colony (2003)
by stickfigure on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:20PM
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No mention of the underground-dwelling yellowjackets ("meat bees") that infest northern California picnics. They are definitely not friendly, and not in short supply.
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TIL recently: Skunks eat yellowjackets, digging up the entire nest.
I think these are actually https://extension.psu.edu/german-yellowjackets so I'm kind of confused.
>Unlike wasps, hornets don't plague picnic areas in the summer in search of food. There is thus no danger of being stung in the throat by a hornet!
I'm not sure about this either - they seem attracted to open cola cans.
Well, that just sounds like another great reason to not drink sodas! Then again, not getting stung in the throat by a hornet is pretty compelling for just about anything though.
Yellow jacket traps are awesome. Put them out early so you catch the queens. I caught 13 queens this year. That should hopefully mean 13 fewer nests. I'm starting to catch some workers now.
Re:Life cycles of a hornet colony (2003)
by coletonodonnell on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:07PM
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I was stung by a yellow jacket yesterday in my heel on a hike, bugger made the rest of the hike miserable as every step I took with my left foot resulted in shooting pain up the leg. At the very least it made the day interesting.