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