Posts Tagged: yellowjackets

What to Do About Yellowjackets

The question begged for an answer. "It's yellowjacket time again.  Does anyone have or recommend a good trap?" A Bay Area beekeeper today sought recommendations from ledEric Mussen, Extension apiculturist with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Mussen, who recently...

A yellowjacket entering its nest at an apiary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellowjacket entering its nest at an apiary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellowjacket sipping water at an apiary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellowjacket sipping water at an apiary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hanging Out to Get In

They're here. They're there. The Western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) likes to hang around bee hives.If you're a beekeeper, you've probably seen them nesting in a rodent burrow or hollow log near your hives. At the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of...

Yellowjackets

BRICKS mark the spot where yellowjackets are nesting at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entrance

YELLOWJACKET guards the entrance to a nest near the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Emerging from Hole

EMERGING from a hole, a yellowjacket defends her nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yellowjackets!

Yellowjackets is a word you never want to end with a period, but with an exclamation point!They probably annoy you when they invite themselves to your barbecue to partake of your hamburger and other protein-rich foods. They're persistent predators.But, do you know that they often build their nests...

Yellowjackets

YELLOWJACKETS taking bait. (Photo by Erin Wilson)

A Kill

YELLOWJACKET killing a honey bee. (Photo by Erin Wilson)

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