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Old 08-26-2009, 03:26 PM
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We get underground yellow jacket nests up our way pretty often.

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Yeah, yellow jackets. About a half gallon of gasoline in the hole after dark will take care of them... Wait, did I say that out loud?

Not that I advocate such environmentally unfriendly practices.
So then the next question is: Do yellow jackets produce honey or provide any other enviromental benefit besides stinging the crap out of a perceived intruder?

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Old 08-26-2009, 03:52 PM
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We get underground yellow jacket nests up our way pretty often.


So then the next question is: Do yellow jackets produce honey or provide any other enviromental benefit besides stinging the crap out of a perceived intruder?
No.
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Old 08-26-2009, 03:56 PM
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Yeah, yellow jackets. About a half gallon of gasoline in the hole after dark will take care of them... Wait, did I say that out loud?

Not that I advocate such environmentally unfriendly practices.
These are a little more environmentally friendly and fun to boot! They use them a lot on golf courses.


http://www.rodenator.com/

Although I don't know if concussive force is effective on yellow jackets. Might just piss them off!
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Yeah, yellow jackets. About a half gallon of gasoline in the hole after dark will take care of them... Wait, did I say that out loud?

Not that I advocate such environmentally unfriendly practices.
I prefer using diesel
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Beeodiesel?
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Old 08-26-2009, 06:34 PM
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No.
Well, they do eat pests like caterpillars and such.. they do a bit of pollenation too but not on the same scale as bees. Problem is they find human BBQ food more tasty The worst of the yellow jackets are the German ones because they have no natural predators and are way more aggressive than the native ones.
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I have a few tomato plants that produced flowers but no fruit...until I hand pollinated with a piece of cotton.
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I have a few tomato plants that produced flowers but no fruit...until I hand pollinated with a piece of cotton.
Not bad. 22 posts before someone brought up sex!
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Old 08-27-2009, 02:23 PM
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Well, they do eat pests like caterpillars and such.. they do a bit of pollenation too but not on the same scale as bees. Problem is they find human BBQ food more tasty The worst of the yellow jackets are the German ones because they have no natural predators and are way more aggressive than the native ones.
I Knoooow. Just sayin'.

Like mosquitoes, they do something in the grand scheme of things. Not enough to justify their existence, but they do something.
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Not bad. 22 posts before someone brought up sex!
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Boy, I thought for sure this thread would have gotten a rise out of Bot by now . . .
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I figured they just ex-patted to Europe for socialized medicine.....
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Chemtrails are the cause of this. Injecting teeny particules in the air goes into the bees lungs ( yours too).

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