Yellowjacket wasps look distinctly like bees, this is not specifically intentional but it is an evolutionary advantage. Most people are aware that bees can only sting once and then die so bees are less likely to want to sting someone unless they are truly threatened. However, the wasp has no such issue. Female wasps can sting as many times as they like and in fact, use their stinger to incapacitate food for themselves and their children to eat. They can also sting you more than once and believe me, you will feel it because their stings are some of the most painful of all the wasps. Now, these insects do not make large nests, they are ground-dwelling wasps which means they dig holes in the ground to find grubs, they then sting them to paralyze them and lay an egg beside the grub. They repeat this a number of times to create dozens of new wasps who will mature and start laying their own eggs. It can quickly become a pandemic of wasps around your home with no sign of where they came from.
If you suspect Yellowjacket presence anywhere near or on your property, contact wasp removal Guelph for quick and safe removal.
Yellowjackets, at the beginning of the summer and late spring, eat generally other insects. This actually makes them very beneficial and helpful to gardens and even large farms. But as the season changes and they stop laying eggs they get hungry and worried about the winter. They start looking for sweet food, rotting fruit and vegetable and of course, sugar in any form they can get it. They will start hanging around people with food, picnickers, back yard bbqs and anywhere else food may be found. And they will definitely be swarming your garbage. The best way to handle them is to take away their food sources. The early spring will be hard because they eat insects, but making sure not to leave any food outside during the summer will help get rid of these little guys later in the months. Make sure to store garbage in a tightly sealed container in your garbage and don’t drip sweet things like sugar and fruit juice outside because it will attract wasps, among other things.
You can try finding where the wasps are nesting and pour powdered insecticide on it or spray it with a can. But if you don’t get them all they will definitely be angry and may chase you, so be prepared to run. Or you can call the professionals. At The Exterminators Inc we know how to get rid of all kinds of infestations and we can have those wasps gone in no time at all. Give us a call, you wont regret it!
