At 11:34 AM 7/8/2012, Zeitgeist wrote: >I'm not sure about other areas, but ground-dwelling yellow jackets around >here are quite aggressive and pack a powerful punch when provoked. I've >had to resort to dealing with them by situating the nozzle of my shop vac >up to their nest opening, and then letting her rip. It fills up quickly And then you let it run for the rest of the season? ;-) I understand that aggressive German yellow jackets have taken over in Ohio - I'm familiar with the eastern ones which are calm, and the ones I met in Scotland were likewise (but we needed the extra jam, they simply wouldn't leave us alone at one particular place until we put some out for them a couple tables over). Yours, David |
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