There is a stand of old trees behind the hotel where this swarm was collected. Many of the trees look like they could host feral bees. The queen had already laid eggs in the small piece of comb drawn where … Continue reading
Wasps
My usual approach is to collect the airborne foragers first, and then remove the nest at the end. This gives the returning wasps the visual feedback to fly to their usual entrance, where the vacuum captures them. More photos … Continue reading
Hornets
This is by far the best reference I’ve found for identifying the differences between all the different kinds of yellow jackets, wasps, and hornets out there.
Yellow Jackets
Yellow jackets, wasps & hornets are much more aggressive than honey bees, and will come out in force if you happen to disturb their nest. Unlike honey bees, they can sting repeatedly. (They especially don’t like it if you blow a breath of air into their front door) Continue reading