This is very worrisome for me. I saw that some yellow jackets had taken to a fig, and wondered if there might be a problem by the beehive. So I set out a yellow jacket trap. Within an hour, there were three dozen yellow jackets in the trap. So I set out three more traps. Time will tell.
I don't know where their nest is. I wondered in the past if yellow jackets had killed off a beehive or more than one. I read that they can kill them off in a few hours, for food.
I have ordered some insecticide that can be mixed with cat food and placed in an animal-proof cage. The yellow jackets carry it to their nest. That will take a week to arrive. Meanwhile, the traps will have to do.
So far, no bees enter the traps. Just yellow jackets.
Hi Daniel, I read once that using an entrance feeder far from the house/garden will feed the yellow jackets, wasps, etc. and perhaps prevent them from bothering honeybee hives. I ordered one from Amazon a few years ago - the "Boardman Entrance Feeder" - but never got the chance to deploy it (health stuff still). We're in the hills SE of Sequim and have to spray for yellow jacket and/or wasp nests under the eaves every year. They're a nuisance whenever outdoors, especially when eating a meal on the deck. Even as I write this, the yellow jackets are battling the hummingbirds at the feeder for the simple syrup. Jack
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