TIL recently: Skunks eat yellowjackets, digging up the entire nest.

I think these are actually https://extension.psu.edu/german-yellowjackets so I'm kind of confused.

>Unlike wasps, hornets don't plague picnic areas in the summer in search of food. There is thus no danger of being stung in the throat by a hornet!

I'm not sure about this either - they seem attracted to open cola cans.

Yellow jacket traps are awesome. Put them out early so you catch the queens. I caught 13 queens this year. That should hopefully mean 13 fewer nests. I'm starting to catch some workers now.

I was stung by a yellow jacket yesterday in my heel on a hike, bugger made the rest of the hike miserable as every step I took with my left foot resulted in shooting pain up the leg. At the very least it made the day interesting.