Wasps and Yellow Jackets
Judy Glattstein (Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:03:23 PDT)

Yellow jackets are extremely aggressive ground nesting wasps. Some
nested in the ground at the end of a wood storage rack where logs are
collected until they are split for firewood. Last Wednesday my husband
got stung half a dozen times. Not anaphylactic allergic (at least so
far) but has issues so came inside to use his Epipen. Called the pest
control service who sent a tech to deal with the yellow jackets the next
day. As an aside - skunks like to dig up the nests and eat the grubs.

Paper wasps chew wood and make those gray football size nests. Leave
them alone and they will leave you alone. When they nest in the
greenhouse, under the railing of the deck - sorry but I need to get them
gone. Unlike bees who sting and die wasps can sting multiple times. And
it hurts.

Judy in New Jersey where high heat and higher humidity went away
Saturday night so we had a lovely Sunday. But today (Monday) is again
veering towards sticky.