Late summer is the time of year when populations of yellowjackets (commonly called “bees”) and other social wasps become large and noticeable. The wasps have been present since spring, but because colonies start as a single queen in April / May, populations are very small through the early part of the summer. Yellowjacket wasp populations reach a peak at about the time of peak summer when each nest may have up to approximately 5,000 wasps.
Yellowjackets build paper nests similar to hornets, but either in the ground, a log or landscape timber or building wall or attic. Yellowjackets are commonly observed hovering back and forth at the small nest opening or around garbage cans and other areas where they forage for food. The workers from the colony travel up to a few hundred yards from the nest while looking for food. In the early summer the wasps forage for caterpillars and other “meat” items, but in the fall prefer sweets such as pop and candy residue in garbage cans.
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