Uninvited Garden Party Guests
well. They try and try to get out by flying up. If you have used a liquid in the trap for a lure, they will eventually drown in it. Don't hurry to empty and clean it, the casualties actually add to the attraction. I usually do it when I can no longer stand to look at the mess. If you want to have a classy trap, look at this one based on an old-fashioned design that worked then as well as it would now.
After the State Fair season, the yellowjackets must begin to make winter preparations as our garden plants do to make it safely through a Minnesota winter. The queen begins laying unfertilized eggs that mature into males, mate with young females and then die with the rest of the nest. The young females hibernate to begin it all again in spring.
Imagine what human history might be like if each generation of a family began with the dedication, labor and patience of just one solitary young woman. I'll bet she would be a gardener too!
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