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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
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