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small bees in ground
On Jul 10, 5:39 pm, beecrofter wrote:
"Yellowjackets also live in the ground, nasty buggers, but they aren't pollinators. " Guess again. Yellowjackets and other wasps are pollinators just not as efficient as the fuzzy bees at the job. Ground nesting solitary bees are generally docile, stopping to mess with you means their young do not survive. You could get stung if you pinched one or put it in your pocket or otherwise trapped it in your clothing, but that's the kind of effort it would take. I've been stung by yellowjackets in ground nests while cutting grass. Last time ankle swelled considerably. Year before, one bit me on the finger and hand swelled so badly I needed cortisone treatment. Been bitten several times in the past but now it seems I've developed allergy. Wiped out a nest or yellowjackets in a bush last week with two shots of wasp spray directly in the opening. For ground nests, I give them a good spraying and then make up a gallon of malithion spray and dump it in the ground. OP would need to get someone to do this for her but I've never been stung in doing this myself. Frank |
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