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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 272744" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Yeah, I know what you mean. I was surprised to to see a yellow jacket nest in a tree - normally they are in the ground here. Some people call them ground wasps but most people call them yellow jackets. I don't know what kind you have, but ours usually are in the ground or in a rotten stump. If you disturb them, they will swarm on you for hundreds of yards. There sting hurts pretty good but it is not till a few hours later that the true pain begins. Then there is the itching a day or so later. </p><p></p><p>Ours are bright yellow with black bands on their abdomen. They are mean and relentless.</p><p></p><p>I walked by this tree four times before I saw them. I'm just glad they didn't swarm me then. I don't think I would have made it.</p><p></p><p>My theory on why they are in the tree is that we V-bladed a fireline next to the tree three years earlier. I think we unearthed the nest and they got in the tree. If you look at the nest closely, you will see three distinct "growth patterns" in the nest. I believe that due to the mild winters, they got in the tree and just found an ideal habitat and did not have to break off. Fortunately, a bear or something got into the nest this spring and tore it all up and they are gone - I hope.</p><p></p><p>I thought about painting the nest blue like Dun suggested but I thought I'd reserve all my blue paint for snakes. By the way, do ya'll think orange would be to bright for alligators? I got one I'm thinking of painting. <img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/GatorDeer1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Whatcha think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 272744, member: 4362"] Yeah, I know what you mean. I was surprised to to see a yellow jacket nest in a tree - normally they are in the ground here. Some people call them ground wasps but most people call them yellow jackets. I don't know what kind you have, but ours usually are in the ground or in a rotten stump. If you disturb them, they will swarm on you for hundreds of yards. There sting hurts pretty good but it is not till a few hours later that the true pain begins. Then there is the itching a day or so later. Ours are bright yellow with black bands on their abdomen. They are mean and relentless. I walked by this tree four times before I saw them. I'm just glad they didn't swarm me then. I don't think I would have made it. My theory on why they are in the tree is that we V-bladed a fireline next to the tree three years earlier. I think we unearthed the nest and they got in the tree. If you look at the nest closely, you will see three distinct "growth patterns" in the nest. I believe that due to the mild winters, they got in the tree and just found an ideal habitat and did not have to break off. Fortunately, a bear or something got into the nest this spring and tore it all up and they are gone - I hope. I thought about painting the nest blue like Dun suggested but I thought I'd reserve all my blue paint for snakes. By the way, do ya'll think orange would be to bright for alligators? I got one I'm thinking of painting. [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/GatorDeer1.jpg[/img] Whatcha think? [/QUOTE]
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