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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 09 > Yellow jackets

Yellow jackets

Only 3 of 12 U.S. yellow jacket species cause problems for humans

By Leon Pantenburg / The Bulletin
September 9, 2008

My dad hated all stinging insects, and especially those that built nests under the eaves of his barn. Every year, he’d get a ladder and aerosol can of pesticide and spray nests. After he got chased down the ladder once too often, he rigged up a spray can at the end of a 10-foot-long....

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