Garden Pests and Diseases: Yellow jacket nest, 0 by Soferdig

Soferdig wrote:
I encourage YJ nests in my garden. They are tremendous aphid and other bug eaters. When they set up a nest near a door or frequently traveled area I move them. We have a 2nd story that they like to hang their nests so those I leave and pull down the nest with a plastic bag and move them to buggy areas where the queen gets them going on a new nest. Now I am not talking about the big finished hive just the beginner nests. They will sting us on occasion out in the garden but only once every couple of years. They ARE very aggressive near their nests though. Here they are cleaning up. Late in the summer they get other sources of food and are not as good hence I have white fly eruptions at that time.