Hi Everyone,
Last night I went out to the hive and the yellow jackets were being pretty aggressive. For the first time I saw the YJ's landing on the side of the hive box and trying to sneak into the gap between boxes made by the frame holder. I managed to get a somewhat blurry shot of that:
Though you can't see it in the photo, I could also see bee heads on the other side pushing back to keep the YJ's out. This concerned me so I put duct tape across the seam.
The actual entrance to the hive looked pretty good still. The bees were guarding the entrance and the vent hole and I didn't see any YJ's even come close to entering the hive:
Here is a shot of the YJ's coming in to check out the hive, I just thought it was a cool shot:
This last shot is a shot of a bee being attacked and eaten by a pack of YJ's. I think those two little dots are the bees eyes:
I put out some more yellow jacket traps, and as I mentioned I duct-taped the seam made by the frame holder. So far I haven't seen a YJ even coming close to entering the hive so hopefully the hive is okay.
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