strange yellow jacket nest

[Fat Albert]

<font face="comic sans ms,sand" color="#ff0033" size="3">Hey folks,,,,here is something that I found to be very interesting......in my front yard I have a maple tree,,,,now, that ain't the wierd thing...however, on a knot about eye level I have a YELLOW JACKET'S NEST that is being built. I have been watching it for some time....I pull the car up next, real close, and let the grandkids observe at close range....I have never known of them building above ground before....and yes, they are yellow jackets.</font></p>

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[Fishin' Junkie]

Just poke it with a stick... You'll be alright. emoPoke

 

[SpurHunter]

emoUpsmile emoUpsmile emoUpsmile emoUpsmile

Seriously Albert, set that sucker on fire!!!! emoHoppingmad emoHoppingmad emoHoppingmad

 

[AThornton]

Id definitely take a lighter to that one! Ive never witnessed an above ground nest myself, but that is cool!

 

[hoggerhead]

There was an ad in the classifieds of a guy you can call that will come and collect your yellow jackets for free. He uses the collected jackets for anti-venom. They had an article on this guy in the paper too, so he is pretty credable. Thats the route i would go.

 

[Jmax]

Rookies... emoRolleyes ..Just leave it alone for another 2 months and it will be so cold you can get rid of it with a fork. Why bother them now if they are not hurting anything? emoBigsmile Jmax

 

[EricM]

Really cool FA!! Great idea to pull up in the car to get a good look for the young'uns. emoThumbsup

 

[mallardecho]

So does this mean we are going to have a Bad winter? I saw an all black wooly worm crossing the road going south this morning, and all of the hornets nests are high this year.

 

[mallardecho]

Has anyone ever tried Yellow Jacket Honey? I have had Bumble Bee honey before, and it was GOOD.

 

[Fat Albert]

hoggerhead - 9/26/2008 4:22 PM There was an ad in the classifieds of a guy you can call that will come and collect your yellow jackets for free. He uses the collected jackets for anti-venom. They had an article on this guy in the paper too, so he is pretty credable. Thats the route i would go.</p>

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<font face="comic sans ms,sand" color="#ff0000" size="3">I have called the guy whose article was in the paper 3 weeks ago and he came over to take a look at it.....he said this was a different kind of YJ and he could not use them.....I personally think he could not get the jar over the right hole......ha.... still watching it grow....emoGeezer yesterday me and my neighbor was standing there watching and we observed the Queen ...she was about 4x larger than the other yellow jackets...kinds reddish,yellowish,orange colored....very interesting...</font></p>

 

[Buoy-Master]

Cool...I have noticed that yellow jackets have been extremely bad tis year.

Shoot at it Al!

 

[Luketrician]

BBass - 9/26/2008 4:50 PM

Cool...I have noticed that yellow jackets have been extremely bad tis year.

Shoot at it Al!

Went to the woods yesterday and they're everywhere. Even seen three nests, I just was lucky I seen them before I stepped on them. emoEek

 

[bent rod]

I have seen that 3 times. One actually looked like a hornets nest. Nice post FA

 

[Guest]

12 guage at about 8 paces should fix that little homestead right up. Might not be hurting anything right now but let one of those grandkids forget about it and get near it and you will wish you had.

 

[SpurHunter]

Yup, what Cheez says....

 

[Guest]

Al, those are hornets, they just built a half nest, they wanted the south wall to have a knotty maple look. The queen is all colored up because she has been drinking all the kids koolaid in the neighborhood. Sheeesh, don't you know anything in your old age?

 

[TAzGa]

Hornets is what I would think they were.

 

[drumking]

Was the queen wearing pink crocs?

 

[Fat Albert]

TAzGa - 9/27/2008 1:08 AM Hornets is what I would think they were.

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<font face="comic sans ms,sand" color="#ff0033" size="4">guys, trust me......I know the difference between yeller jackets and hornets........they ain't hornets..... you all can come by the house and look .......<font size="5">YELLOW JACKETS....FER SURE......FA DK,</font><font size="3"> funny you should ask....she did and they were purty....size 1/8</font></font></p>

 

[Luketrician]

cheez - 9/26/2008 9:43 PM

12 guage at about 8 paces should fix that little homestead right up. Might not be hurting anything right now but let one of those grandkids forget about it and get near it and you will wish you had.

emoGeezer