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)
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