Bees, Wasps, Yellow Jackets and Hornets
All Bees are great pollinators, and we depend on them for our food supplies. Thankfully, there has been a rebound in the honey bee populations from the lows of a few years ago, and the farmers are Very glad. Although they will sting, Honey bees are usually harmless, as are the other common bee species. But remember this;
ANY member of the bee and wasp family will sting when their nest is disturbed.
WASPS:
There are dozens of species of wasp living here in the Northwest. Most of
them are rarely noticed by humans. The most commonly noticed wasp around our homes is the paper wasp, and it is very timid, and it wants nothing to do with humans. It is capable of inflicting a nasty sting if it is harassed enough. These paper wasps (pic on right) make nests with open combs. You can see the individual cells. We can spray a least toxic product that will keep them away from your eaves for the season.
Yellow Jackets:
Yellow Jackets are a big problem for us. There about 5 sub species found here and they all sting. Repeatedly, unlike Honey Bees that can only sting once.
Yellow Jackets often bite humans to test if you are a good food source. They will try to take a chunk of your flesh if they are attracted to you. When they are alarmed, they bite and then stab repeatedly with their stingers. The nests are dangerous particularly to people or pets with allergies or who swell from minor irritations of the skin.
If you get stung and your arm, leg, or a large area swells up, call 911
Yellow jackets like to nest in the wall of a home, in the ground, in trees and dense shrubs. If you see lots of bee like insects flying in and out of your eaves or other opening, call us promptly. Yellow Jackets often chew right through the wall board of your interior walls. You can end up with hundreds of ticked off Yellow Jackets in your bedroom.
Here is a video of an in-ground Yellow Jacket nest
Here is a video of an above ground Yellow Jacket Nest
Bald Face Hornets:
Bald Face Hornets are the largest and fiercest of the yellow jacket family. They have distinctive diagonal, white areas on their heads. They usually nest high in trees in beautyful, big round paper nests. These Hornets usually don’t come into contact with humans, unless someone throws a rock and hits the nest. Bald face hornets are very beneficial to our ecosystem. They hunt other insects including yellow jackets, mosqitos, flies, spiders.
Nature First will not kill a Bald Face nest unless it is a direct threat to you.
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