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- Subject: Re: ?????? Now time to put out yellow jacket traps
- From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:38:07 +0000 (UTC)
The big thing about yellow jackets is that they HATE vibration. You must have been close enough to their nest that your walking set up the alarm. That's why they are such a danger on playing fields. I looked them up when I developed the severe allergies to them. Only good thing I could find was that they were one of the few things that would clear out tent caterpillars. I've gotten stung when pulling weeds next to a nest that I failed to see; it was the vibration. Early spring is the time the queen starts looking for a place to build her nest. So, get out your traps, NOW. The more queens and her small group of workers you can trap, the less danger you'll be in. Also, when you are weeding, mowing, etc., look for smooth holes in the ground and watch to see if yellow jackets are entering. In the early morning and evening, there are more around the entrance to the next so you can find and treat them. Bonnie ETN Zone 7 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catharine Carpenter" <cathycrc@comcast.net> To: gardenchat@hort.net Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:57:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [CHAT] ?????? Yellow jackets are truly evil. I have been attacked simply walking by a nest (that I didn't know was there). They are the only insect that I will attempt to exterminate if they nest anywhere people walk. I locate the entrance, wait until dark, then head out with flashlight and wasp spray. Cathy, west central IL, z5b On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:57 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES wrote: > I think the only state that allows "de-pewing" is Ohio. We are highly > allergic to yellow jackets and they seem to like this entire area > where > I live. In the Parks, the rangers have more medical events with yellow > jackets than any other things. Whatever happened to the experiment a > few > years ago where pellets with drugs to combat rabies were dropped in > the > wild to prevent rabies. Before there were so many dogs in our > neighborhood, I used to get a faint whiff of them early in the a.m. > and > they dug up the yellow jacket nests. I didn't mind that at all. > > > ETN Zone 7 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> > To: gardenchat@hort.net > Sent: Monday, March 8, 2010 11:41:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [CHAT] ?????? > > You would only want a skunk around if it was "de-pewed" Bonnie. (which > is against the law because it is their only form of defense in the > wild) The guys renting our bunkhouse have trapped 12 of them this > spring. They carry rabies, and the weird thing is, rabies will not > kill a skunk, but they can be carriers of it. And they stink to high > heaven. At three o'clock in the morning they ran our guys out of that > house and they threw up from the smell. A couple of them got UNDER > the bunkhouse and it must have been two males fighting...but you could > smell that for almost a WEEK. They had to air out the house. > > > On 3/7/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote: >> Saw a very interesting program on skunks the other night. >> Fascinating. >> Didn't know that a mountain lion or rattler wouldn't bother a >> skunk. In >> fact, rattlers will actually hide from them as skunks will kill them. >> They will also eat bees and yellow jackets. Don't think I would mind >> having one around but we have dogs. >> >> B >> >> ETN Zone 7 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net >> Sent: Sunday, March 7, 2010 7:45:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ?????? >> >> I haven't been on my computer much. Busy then the flu. >> >> Weather is starting to warm up here finally. But there isn't any >> gardening >> going on.... way to mushy to do anything and I still have snow in >> some areas. >> >> Donna >> >> --- On Sun, 3/7/10, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> >> Subject: [CHAT] ?????? >> To: gardenchat@hort.net >> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 5:20 PM >> >> >> What's going on? Or not going on? >> I felt totally isolated when our power was out for four days, >> and one of the things I missed most was my online contacts >> with this group. Now after nearly a week, I have had only >> one email from the group. Is everyone out gardening? Or >> have I somehow been dropped from the list? It's a bit >> spooky not to hear anything at all from the group. >> >> Since we are still ice-bound there is no gardening activity. >> I have been intending to crow that my Bowiea is blooming. >> I know that it would be hard to find less impressive blooms, >> but the tiny, 1/4 inch blossoms are really lovely little >> six-petaled lily-like blooms. Anything that blooms at this >> time of the year is welcome >> >> Auralie >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the >> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the >> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the >> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT >> >> > > > -- > Jesse R. 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