There are a variety of ways to get rid of wasps in your yard. Zack Ciras, quality manager with Colonial Pest Control, talks about the types of wasps and how to identify and rid your yard of their nests. Listen or read more to find out about the summer pests: wasps.
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It’s pretty scary to think that you could have yellowjackets nesting inside your house and not realize it. That scenario seems to be happening with increasing frequency. In our area, there are at least two common yellowjacket species (German yellowjacket and common yellowjacket) that frequently choose to nest hidden in building wall voids, or ceilings,
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For years now, we’ve been worried about the nation’s hard-working and very important honey bees. The average person doesn’t realize the agricultural value of honey bees. We know that’s where honey comes from, sure, but have no idea how many commercial crops rely on pollination by honey bees to produce fruit, nuts (almonds especially), or
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There’s a confusing array of wasps and bees flying about, of all shapes and sizes. Which ones can you safely ignore and which ones could be a problem, now or in a couple of months? Solitary bees such as carpenter bees and digger bees are only around for a couple of weeks and won’t be
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These bees are familiar, you think. Then you remember that they seem to show up every spring at about this time and in the same place, too. They’re pretty aggressive, noisy, and diving and swooping at you when you come near. It may seem like there’s a whole hive of bees when they’re chasing you
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In the yard itself – 1. Move firewood piles away from the house – If you moved your firewood close to the house this winter for convenience, now is the time to get that wood farther away since firewood piles attract all kinds of pests and invite wood-feeding insects that could have an eye on
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After mid-winter temperatures for most of last week this second full week of March is looking very mild temperatures in the 40’s and maybe even mid 50’s with rain later in the week. So long to my beloved xc ski trails for this season it seems. What kind of wasps are appearing? I got a
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The past ‘pest’ season (2018) seemed to be another banner year for yellowjackets. Ground nesting species and those that seem to prefer to nest within buildings were very troublesome from late summer right up until November in my territory. Wait- there are different species of yellowjackets? Actually, there are dozens of species of yellowjackets in
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It’s that time of year when, with kids back in school, life should be settling into a quieter routine, a time to enjoy the approach of delightful fall weather – except for the dreaded YELLOWJACKETS! YELLOWJACKETS HAVE DEVELOPED AN ATTITUDE! It’s probably no surprise to anyone that yellowjackets become more obnoxious and in-your-face in late
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