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Let\u2019s be real; yellowjackets are just plain mean. It\u2019s as if they enjoy inciting fear and pain in people. \u00a0Unfortunately, they are often mistaken for honeybees, which are much more docile, friendly insects. \u00a0In order to clear up any confusion and to make sure you know how to spot and react to yellowjackets, below is some helpful information on this highly defensive critter.<\/p>\n
The type of yellowjacket most often observed in the Santa Barbara area is the German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica), also referred to as the European wasp or German wasp. \u00a0This insect is part of the genus Vespula, which includes other species of social wasps most commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere. \u00a0The German yellowjacket is not native to North America, as its origins lie in Europe, Asia and North Africa, but today it can be found on just about every continent. \u00a0In parts of the U.S. with harsh winters, the native common wasp (V. vulgaris) is more commonly found but exhibits very similar characteristics to the German yellowjacket. 2<\/p>\n
While German yellowjackets (YJs) are stinging pollinators and have black and yellow coloration where as honeybees are more of a black and orange (HBs), there are a few different features between them that can help you identify the difference. \u00a0Helpful pictures are above.<\/p>\n
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YJs often like to nest underground, although you can also find aerial nests, like in a tree, or nests in buildings, such as in \u201cwall voids, drop ceilings, attics, and voids in concrete block.\u201d 1<\/p>\n
A YJ colony begins with a single queen. \u00a0A mother colony will produce many queens, which will mate with male YJs in the fall, hibernate with their fertilized eggs in winter, then go out in the spring to start a new colony. \u00a0She will begin by building a papery nest (which is why they are sometimes confused for paper wasps) made of many hexagonal cells. \u00a0She then fills those cells with her eggs and is solely responsible for feeding them and taking care of them. A new YJ colony is most vulnerable in early spring for this reason, as it takes a lot of time and energy for the queen to raise her new colony and make it strong. \u00a0Older colonies also start out weaker earlier in the year as workers and males die off during winter. 2<\/p>\n
As they are scavengers and hunters, they have a very diverse diet composed of nectar, dead organisms, live arthropods, fruit, and processed human food and garbage. \u00a0Because they feed on nectar, they do have one redeeming quality: they help pollinate plants! 2<\/p>\n
YJs are usually nearby because you have or are near a food source. \u00a0To prevent contact, cut off any food sources by keeping food in enclosed containers if outside, covering garbage cans, etc.<\/p>\n
You can also place traps near the edges of your property to lure them\u00a0<\/span>away<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>from your home instead of\u00a0<\/span>to<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>your home. \u00a0Here is a trap we recommend:\u00a0<\/span>Yellow Jacket Trap on Amazon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 10 week bait cartrage\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The yellow jacket traps have good instructions in the packaging suggest 4 traps per acre. For bad problems suggest 10 plus traps. \u00a0The traps need to be emptied and rebaited every 10 weeks from Valentines day through Holloween.<\/p>\n If you encounter a YJ nest, here are some helpful steps to take to prevent you and others from getting stung:<\/p>\n Here at Superbee, we don\u2019t like nasty chemicals.\u00a0 So, we choose to tackle Yellow jacket problems with just Dawn dish soap and water.\u00a0 If you\u2019re having a YJ problem, we\u2019ll spray them down with soapy water, remove the nest, set a trap, and make sure that no future YJs will be attracted to the area, all while wearing a full bee suit.\u00a0 We also will make a return visit to check up on the site.<\/p>\n We charge a total of $400 for a Yellowjacket removal, including the return check-up visit. \u00a0Especially complicated or dangerous jobs could be more expensive.\u00a0 If you are interested in our services, please call 805-684-9999.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”34px||34px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n References<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you need help with Yellow Jacket Removal now call Super Bee 805-881-3031 Let\u2019s be real; yellowjackets are just plain mean. It\u2019s as if they enjoy inciting fear and pain in people. \u00a0Unfortunately, they are often mistaken for honeybees, which are much more docile, friendly insects. \u00a0In order to clear up any confusion and to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":348610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348609"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349772,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348609\/revisions\/349772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superbeerescue.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}-What do I do if I encounter a YJ nest?-<\/b><\/h5>\n
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