First ‘ground bee’ aka yellow jacket nest of the season discovered yesterday by mom. She was pulling up old money plants. She got stung once - lucky, because when I had her show me where the nest was, there were at least 20 angry bees milling around. It looked like she had messed up the entrance hole, but the bees will open it back up.
Well after dark, I got my headlamp & a flashlight out & went looking for the nest hole. It took a few minutes to spot it. There was one guard bee I had to look out for. The nest is no more. Mom will have to watch out for any guard bees that were out of the nest - I saw only the one, but usually it’s 2-3. They’ll leave after hanging around a day or two. It’s that time of year when ground bee nests tend to be discovered - my brother had one to deal with tonight as well.
Those nests are well hidden and can be nasty! What did you use to get rid of it? I’ve run a hose into them before to drown them out.
Rocky Raccoon was back last night - dug up and scattered one of my flower pots, so I’ve got another chore besides mowing to do, today. *ROLLEYES* I’ve been really good about bringing in the bird feeders and the suet cage every night.
I’ve decided to stop feeding the Orioles, now. The junior ones are fledged and eating from the feeder, but all it’s really doing now is attracting swarms of bees and wasps to my porch where I like to sit and read, so the birdies are on their own! I’m sure there will be some complaining, but it’s High Summer - feed yourselves.
We’ve had just an AWESOME weather pattern these past few weeks; more rain again overnight, about 1/4” so I’m waiting for things to dry out before I start mowing.