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No Yellow Jackets this Fall
i just noticed something the other day....
I have had no encounters with the Yellow Jackets! Out under the apple trees is always a herd of them. Splitting and stacking wood, always there. This Fall, None! strnge
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11-01-2013, 03:52 PM
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Yellow jackets in my neck of the woods are affected by the amount of rain we get in the spring. It was a dry spring so we had a lot of them this summer.
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11-01-2013, 04:11 PM
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lots this year. fewer now that the temp drops into the 20's F...and it's not close to winter yet.
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11-01-2013, 04:15 PM
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I've noticed the same.
On the other hand the wasps are numerous this year.
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11-01-2013, 05:46 PM
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Now that you have mentioned it.I have not seen many this year. Last year I could not get rid of them. Need them for plant pollination.
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11-01-2013, 05:58 PM
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I'd think honey bees to be more efficient pollinators...certainly less likely to work a guy over unexpectedly. I'd really like to raise some for pollination purposes...they could keep their honey as long as the local black bears saw it the same way.
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11-01-2013, 06:05 PM
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Yes honey bees are more efficient because they can carry more pollen on there body do to lot of hair. Yellow jackets do pollinate especially fruit and sweet nectar .
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11-01-2013, 06:43 PM
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Want some boxelder bugs? I seem to have plenty to spare this year.
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11-01-2013, 06:47 PM
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Weird. I usually have to clean 5 or 6 nests off the house each summer. Not a single one this year...
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11-01-2013, 07:25 PM
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I wonder is the bee apocalypse is effecting other hive insects ?
the wife stepped barefoot on a bee in the kitchen this AM and has been in pain at each step |
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11-01-2013, 07:38 PM
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Same here. Very few indeed.
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11-01-2013, 10:27 PM
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I've seen a lot. Invoking the KISS rule now.
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11-02-2013, 03:45 AM
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Honey bees are a lot of work
I have some exp. in them. It is a life long adventure...rewarding to be sure...
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11-02-2013, 04:16 AM
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About usual this year......and they're pissed off as usual this time of year.
My 40 odd year war with the damn things has had little effect on them.
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