swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Berkeley report of several bee attacks at this spot -YJs - this is the usual response (from me)

[Gerald Przybylski (gtp000000]

    Yellowjackets, a seasonal species. 
    They abandon in late fall after producing queens for next year."   
                                                                    
    A California native and generally part of a balanced ecosystem; 
    they prey on plant pests and they scavenge; sometimes a nuisance.
    Not ""Protected""                                                   
                
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowjacket                       
                                                
    They won’t bother you if you don’t do something that makes them
    defensive.                                                        
                
    "If you MUST exterminate, call County Vector Control District, and
    ask for a visit, or calla pest-control co. or DIY 
    You can control where they fly by putting up obstacles. 
    (after dark)       
    
    in this case obstacles may have solved the problem.
    I walked past a dirt triangle on the UCB campus that had a YJ nest
    in it.  There were barricades and caution tape in front of it, and a
    warning sign.                     YJs have their place in a well
    balanced ecosystem, but sometimes circumstances, or prejudices, get
    in the way.
    I'm delighted to see YJs carry off bits of dead bee from the grass
    in the back yard.  They don't make a habit of entering hives.
    
    that's my 2¢

On 8/5/25 7:34 PM, Bill Karpowicz via swarm-list wrote:

I’m going to ask a question that shows my naïveté. Is killing the yellow jackets the only solution? Not suggesting there is, really just curious if this standard treatment of the little buggers. 

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Bill Karpowicz
415-531-4267

On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM Robert L Mathews via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

These are yellowjackets, as expected:

I'm going to go back at sunset and kill them with a bucket of soapy water.

On Aug 5, 2025, at 3:12 PM, Pamela Weimer via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Caller is a resident nearby 585 Euclid and sent this photo.  Property is owned by an elderly invalid named Greg and the caller, Chris, has promised to reach out to us for help.

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Robert L Mathews

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