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Only
the fertilized female yellow jacket over winters. |
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All
males die during the winter...This may be the reason they are so aggressive
in the early fall because they know this is their last “Hoorah”. |
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When
fertilized females emerge from hibernation in early spring, she needs
protein to nurse her young offspring. To start with she is a single mom
doing it all until she can raise some workers. |
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Traps
placed and maintained in the early spring will help to severely reduce the
yellow jacket population in the fall. |
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For every female you capture in the early spring, that will eliminate a
yellow jacket nest of 500 to 5,000. |
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