Among the thousands of wasp species the yellow jacket wasp stands out as the most dreaded by human. Yellow jacket’ sting can cause severe pain and allergy and the pain can be excruciating beyond point in the first 1-2 hours of stinging. Unlike bees yellow jacket wasps are endowed with powerful mandibles or stingers hence do not perish like bees after it has stung the victim. They also have this special ability to repeatedly sting and inject venom in to human body thus engineering fiery sensation and allergies. You have to be extremely careful when you deal with yellow jackets because they will attack even if you do not provoke them or go near their nest. Wisdom says that you take measures to get rid yellow jacket nest using special services like BBPP, the most effective wasps nest removal maple.
Yellow jacket facts
Before deciding to remove wasps it is advised to observe them and determine what type of wasp is infesting your premises. Yellow jackets found in North America by practice build nests for accommodating a whole colony of wasps. They queen wasp can grow up to 0.75 cm long and an average worker yellow jacket is about 12 mm or 0.47 inch. They are identical to bees in size and shape and are prominent with yellow banding across the trunk and stripes on the face. Most people will mistake it for a bee. A yellow jacket is with dark eyes and it folds its wings on the side when stationery. It also sports an antenna which is prominent in appearance.
Life routine of yellow jacket
These are social wasps that live together in large colonies. All the wasps residing in a nest are delegated with specific tasks and they would comprise of the queen, drones and workers. Hundreds of eggs are laid by the queen and the male drones are delegated with the duty of fertilizing a queen which is receptive. All manual and sundry tasks are carried out by worker wasps. They will insects and gather nectar so they could feed the babies lodged in the honeycomb cells.
Why yellow jackets sting?
All social wasps including yellow jackets are capable of stinging people and causing extreme pain. They don’t lose their stingers after stinging thus are able to sting repeatedly to pump in more venom. Yellow jackets are territorial and are fiercely protective of their nest. When their colony is disturbed by you or by other elements yellow jackets will come out in torrent and start attacking the intruder, namely you. Yellow jackets can sting you even if you are several feet away from the nest. They feel a threat in you when you pass by or disturb their nest. 90% bee stings or wasp stings are attributed to yellow jackets in North America. Allergies caused by yellow jacket can be lethal if you do not hospitalize the victim.
If you find yellow jacket infestation in your home you are advised not to address the problem on your own and instead call BBPP, the best pest control Maple and for other towns nearby. The company employs professional wasp exterminators to ensure safe and effective removal of wasp’s nests from homes. You can contact them on phone number 647 910 6315 or by sending email to info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote.