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Yellow jackets are just flying spiders.
At my old bachelor pad house, I came home one day and the entire easement behind my house had a new trench for over 1/2 a mile, except for about three feet in my back yard. So a long trench, except one small area.
The next morning at 6:00 AM one of the crew was banging on my front door. He started with "You have ground bumble bees in you back yard", and we plan to spray them diesel to kill them. I said no effing way, I have two very nice pecan trees back there. Give me a few minutes, and I will take care of them. I mixed up a triple strength dose of Malathion, and used a hose sprayer rig to squirt the area from several feet away. They would exit the ground and go about 12 inches and fall dead. I hosed down the area until the malathion was used up.
That afternoon, I came back and I had a new sewer and water pipe, (in separate pipes) laid. It was long overdue as the neighborhood was started in 1949.
Those bumble bees were not super aggressive as long as you did not bother their nest. Then they were mean.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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