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Bald-faced hornets
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Posted by dettt Wisconsin (My Page) on Wed, Aug 16, 06 at 22:23
I am hopng someone can help me. On saturday I cut down some box elder trees along our back lot line. Yesterday (tuesday) my wife noticed alot of black hornets crawling all over one of the stumps. It appears they are attracted to some kind of sap that is oozing out of the stump. Today I've learned they are bald-faced hornets. My question is how can I keep them away from the stump? My biggest concern is letting my three small children play in the back yard. Tonight at dusk I looked for a nest in my other trees but cannot see one. What can we do? Any help is appreciated.
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RE: Bald-faced hornets
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| If you are sure you have Bald-faced hornets, they build large paper nests that hang from the open in trees. They mainly eat nectar and fruit juices from holes pecked in fruit by birds. They are a dangerous insect as they can sting flying backwards. They are actually beneficial as they also eat damaging caterpillars. If you drench the tree stumps with a mixture of soap and citrus products it should drive them away. If by chance they are yellow jackets, they tend to have underground nests. Hornets have darker coloring than yellow jackets and have skinnier waists. Yellow jackets are yellow and black. |
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