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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4-683686629 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable They are a type of wasp (several species appear in NS) which lives =20 underground is hives which look something like the football-sized =20 hornet's nests which we see above ground (which are made by a larger =20 species, of different colouration =97 and an even worse sting). Yellow jackets are roughly the size of honey bees, but not as furry. =20= In addition to their natural foods, they like many of the items people =20= eat at picnics. The way to get rid of them is to locate the entrance to the hive by =20 watching the yellow jackets going in and out. Then, on some evening =20 with clear weather, watch the entrance as the sun goes down. The =20 yellow jackets have a reverse rule of that of vampires, which must =20 return to the coffin before sunlight. Well, the yellow jackets return =20= to the ground before total darkness. It may be that without the sun, =20= they cannot navigate well. I once counted about 500 entering a hive =20 as night fell, and then the arrivals stopped. Everyone was back home =20= inside. At that point one sprays wasp/hornet spray into the hole, and =20= places a small stone to plug the entrance. That is the end of the =20 colony. I have done this to protect guests who have severe reactions =20= to the stings. =97 Paul On 23 May 2009, at 6:24 PM, Elizabeth Doull wrote: > Maybe a stupid question... Is a yellow jacket just another name for =20= > a wasp?? liz > > ........ > > As for yellow jackets, they become especially aggressive as fall =20 > approaches. A few years ago I was mowing, and came too near one of =20= > their underground nests. Several attacked me, and drove me into the =20= > house. I waited inside for about half an hour, and when I decided =20 > to get back to work, they were still waiting for me at the door! I =20= > had to use a different exit to go back outside. > > If stung, the best remedy I have found is to apply moistened baking =20= > soda to site of the sting. That also helps greatly with the stings =20= > of the hornets who build those large, paper nests. I once had a dog =20= > who was stung by them several times on the nose, and the baking soda =20= > trick worked well for him, too. He seemed very appreciative for the =20= > relief. > > =97 Paul --Apple-Mail-4-683686629 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">They are a type of wasp = (several species appear in NS) which lives underground is hives which = look something like the football-sized hornet's nests which we see above = ground (which are made by a larger species, of different colouration =97 = and an even worse sting).<div>Yellow jackets are roughly the size of = honey bees, but not as furry. In addition to their natural foods, = they like many of the items people eat at = picnics.</div><div><br></div><div>The way to get rid of them is to = locate the entrance to the hive by watching the yellow jackets going in = and out. Then, on some evening with clear weather, watch the = entrance as the sun goes down. The yellow jackets have a reverse = rule of that of vampires, which must return to the coffin before = sunlight. Well, the yellow jackets return to the ground before = total darkness. It may be that without the sun, they cannot = navigate well. I once counted about 500 entering a hive as night = fell, and then the arrivals stopped. Everyone was back home = inside. At that point one sprays wasp/hornet spray into the hole, = and places a small stone to plug the entrance. That is the end of = the colony. I have done this to protect guests who have severe = reactions to the stings.</div><div><br></div><div>=97 = Paul</div><div><br><div><div>On 23 May 2009, at 6:24 PM, Elizabeth Doull = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face=3D"Arial">Maybe = a stupid question... Is a yellow jacket just another name for a = wasp?? liz</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial"> </font></div><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; "><div><font = size=3D"3">........</font></div></div><div><br></div><div>As for yellow = jackets, they become especially aggressive as fall approaches. A = few years ago I was mowing, and came too near one of their underground = nests. Several attacked me, and drove me into the house. I = waited inside for about half an hour, and when I decided to get back to = work, they were still waiting for me at the door! I had to use a = different exit to go back outside.</div><div><br></div><div>If stung, = the best remedy I have found is to apply moistened baking soda to site = of the sting. That also helps greatly with the stings of the = hornets who build those large, paper nests. I once had a dog who = was stung by them several times on the nose, and the baking soda trick = worked well for him, too. He seemed very appreciative for the = relief.</div><div><br></div><div>=97 = Paul</div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4-683686629--
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