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  • From: "road's end farm" <organic101@linkny.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] yellowjackets
  • Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:21:08 -0500

In my experience yellow jackets aren't aggressive at all unless you start swatting them or disturb the nest. We have a lot of them, and I've never been stung except as a result of accidentally halfsquashing one or messing up a nest, and neither have other people here. I think they get their reputation for aggressiveness from people who start swatting at them first.

I believe they will do some pollination.

Rivka (Finger Lakes New York, zone 5 mostly)

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 10:02 PM, Richard O'Barr wrote:

I have a nest of yellow jackets that seem to like pollen like other bees. (I
only rec'd one sting last year before I knew where the nest was located)
Topgun
Zone 7





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