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(repost of our September blog entry follows:)
Do you have a Yellow Jacket nest in your yard or pasture?
Well, we have a deal for you! Our entomologists at ALL Florida Bee Removal are currently conducting research on Yellow jackets in Florida and are looking for a few good yellow jacket nests. Another common name is ground hornet, so if you are looking for FREE ground hornet removal, please contact us. If your nest fits the parameters of the study, we may be able to treat your nest for free!!! (or at least a very, very low cost). This is a time-limited offer, so contact us soon either by phone at: 800-343-5317 or email at:Click here to send an email to our entomologists
10/29/09 Update: Only a few treatments remain, Contact us soon to get your Yellow jacket nest treated and removed for FREE!
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You can also reach us on our local numbers (remember to mention FREE YellowJacket Study):
Orlando/Brevard/Osceola Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 321.251.8064
DeLand/Volusia Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 386.490.4541
Jacksonville/St.Augustine Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 904.807.6645
Gainesville/Ocala/Lake Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 352.870.0346
Tallahassee Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 850.391.0272
Tampa/Hillsborough Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 813-930-BUGS (2847)
Pinellas/St. Petersburg Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 727-443-BUGS (2847)
Yellow jackets are wasps that can be extremely fierce defenders of their nests. The populations of these nests can range above 100,000 individuals, making them very dangerous to treat. They are in the Vespid group of wasps, and build nests out of chewed-up barks and other cellulose materials. (Bees produce wax to make their nests)
All Yellow jackets are carnivorous, usually feeding on insects such as caterpillars. They will chew the caterpillars up, right on the spot, and bring the goodies back to the nest, feeding the developing larvae grub. They’ll readily feed on other meat sources too, and often bother hunters, as they are field dressing shot animals. We used to capture them for research using canned tuna!
We have two common Yellow Jacket species in Florida, the Eastern Yellow jacket, Vespula maculifrons, & the Southern Yellow Jacket, Vespula squamosa.
This Yellow Jacket on the left is the Eastern Yellow Jacket. It tends to have small to medium size nests, and in Florida can easily overwinter in the ground, where it usually builds its nests.
This species has one queen per colony, which limits the size of its nests.
This is a sting video I shot and edited while working at the University of Florida Entomology Department. It shows a Yellow Jacket sting and a Honey bee sting. Which looks worse to you?
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9/16/2009 update: Available slots for our free yellow jacket wasp study are filling up. Please contact us soon before our study is complete!
FREE Yellowjacket Wasp Removal CAll 800-343-5317 and mention "Free Yellowjacket Study"
You can also reach us on our local numbers (remember to mention FREE YellowJacket Study):
Orlando/Brevard/Osceola Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 321.251.8064
DeLand/Volusia Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 386.490.4541
Jacksonville/St.Augustine Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 904.807.6645
Gainesville/Ocala/Lake Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 352.870.0346
Tallahassee Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 850.391.0272
Tampa/Hillsborough Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 813-930-BUGS (2847)
Pinellas/St. Petersburg Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 727-443-BUGS (2847)
Orlando/Brevard/Osceola Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 321.251.8064
DeLand/Volusia Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 386.490.4541
Jacksonville/St.Augustine Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 904.807.6645
Gainesville/Ocala/Lake Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 352.870.0346
Tallahassee Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 850.391.0272
Tampa/Hillsborough Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 813-930-BUGS (2847)
Pinellas/St. Petersburg Free Yellow Jacket Removal: 727-443-BUGS (2847)
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