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Maybe it depends on the yellowjackets? If you don't have trouble with 
hornets or paperwasps I agree it's not the way you're behaving around 
them. But the yellowjackets here only sting if they think they're 
endangered. They're certainly Yankee yellowjackets; but maybe they're 
not the same kind.

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 08:11 PM, list@ginda.us wrote:

> Self defense, nothing.  All stinging things will sting if you bump into 
> their nest or swat them.  The thing I don't like about yellow jackets 
> is that they will often sting if you just walk around near them.  That 
> and that they gather around my supper.  These are Yankee yellow jackets.
>
> Honey bees, bumble bees, paperwasps, hornets, are all mild-mannered 
> friendly bugs - never have any trouble with them.
>
> Ginda