Yellow Jackets vs Honneybees

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 Yellow jackets collect nectar just like bees do, but unlike bees, they rely on hunting for their protein.

What Is a Yellow Jacket? Bees are vegetarian and eat pollen. Yellow jacket wasps are predators and eat flesh. This can be insects, small animals, and even fish flesh.

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Yellow Jackets and Honeybees The yellow jacket then takes the bee carcass back to its nest and feeds the honeybee to young yellow jackets, who hatch. 

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The Yellow Jacket Life Cycle The workers collect nectar and sugars from flowers, fruits, and in urban areas, beverage cans.

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Invasive Versus Indigenous Species of Yellow Jackets Indigenous yellow jackets control many pest species. Invasive yellow jacket species should be destroyed. 

How Yellow Jackets Attack bees Yellow jackets are after two things that bees have. Bees (protein) and honey (carbohydrates).

How to Protect Honeybees from Yellow Jackets Prevention is Better than Cure Many professional yellow jacket hunters now exist who will remove the nests and extract venom for sale. 

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When bees start robbing hives, you end up with handfuls of dead bees as a result of fighting. 

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