A Yellow Jacket and a Bee are two different things.
Yellow Jackets are not actually bees at all, although they are often mistaken as such. They are a member of the wasp family and are of the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. They are more commonly referred to as "wasps" in most English speaking countries. Most of these wasps are of a yellow and black striped colour, but others can be red and black, or even white and black. They can be identified by very distinctive markings and small size. They live in colonies and exhibit rapid side to side flight patterns before landing. All the females are capable of stinging and their stinger is barbless, allowing them sting repeatedly. See the related question for differences between bees and yellow jackets.
Frankford Yellow Jackets ended in 1931.
Yellow jackets typically build their nests in the ground, but they can also nest in walls, attics, or foliage. They are known to construct their nests in sheltered locations such as under porches, in tree stumps, or within bushes. Yellow jackets are social insects and live in colonies with a queen, workers, and males.
Permethrin does kill yellow jackets as well as hornets, ground bees, wasps, and other stinging insects. You can discourage yellow jackets from nesting in trees and shrubbery around your yard by spraying them with permethrin as well.
No, yellow jackets cannot carry rattlesnake venom simply by feeding on a dead snake because venom must be injected into a victim through a bite or sting to be effective. Yellow jackets have their own venom that they use for defense and predation, which is not the same as rattlesnake venom.
Yellow jackets have chemoreceptors on their mouthparts and antennae, which they use to detect chemical cues in their environment. These receptors allow them to smell and taste by sensing different chemicals in the air or on food sources. They are particularly sensitive to sugar and protein molecules.
Bees secrete beeswax to build honeycombs. Beeswax is a natural lipid produced by glands on the bee's abdomen.
No, yellow jackets do not eat through wood. They build there nests in the ground. However, Carpenter Bees make holes in certain types of wood.
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Yes, yellow jackets typically do not return to the same nest every year. They build new nests each spring and abandon them in the fall.
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets was created in 1915.
Frankford Yellow Jackets ended in 1931.
Frankford Yellow Jackets was created in 1899.
yellow jackets are not bees, and they do nothing but pollinate
Bees build their homes in honeycombs. The honeycombs are a series of hexagonal cells. See related links for a drawing showing the parts of a domestic honeybee hive.
Yellow jackets do not possess photographic memory.
Hornets and Yellow Jackets get this large.
Dryer sheets do not effectively repel yellow jackets.