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[hector black <hblack@twlakes.net>]

Maybe those Yankee jackets are less agressive than our Rebel ones.  I had a
nest in my orchard a couple of times.  Once scything by hand I met them and
was covered from head to toe with painful stings.  Other times they nest in
the blueberry patch and don't take kindly to pickers who come near - same
thing in the blackberry patch.  I don't usually bother wild creatures but
have very low tolerance for yellow jackets.   Hector Black  zone 6 middle TN

    I'm sure they have their place in the scheme of things, their "niche" or
whatever, but I just don't want it close to mine.


----- Original Message -----
From: "road's end farm" <organic101@linkny.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] yellowjackets


> 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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