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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 s
by stickfigure 4y ago
No mention of the underground-dwelling yellowjackets ("meat bees") that infest northern California picnics. They are definitely not friendly, and not in short supply.
- coletonodonnell 4y agoI 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.
- quercusa 4y agoI think these are actually https://extension.psu.edu/german-yellowjackets 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.
- dylan604 4y agoWell, 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.
- jyounker 4y agoTIL recently: Skunks eat yellowjackets, digging up the entire nest.
- giantg2 4y agoYellow 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.