I've been watching this magnificent comb structure grow over the past few weeks. It is amazing...as its inhabitants.
Lucky for me they choose to live inside the shutter outside my bedroom window, so I can observe them very closely, yet behind the window pane.
If they don't make honey...what do they do for work?
What are all those cones for?
Do they sleep?
I see them eating lots of other bugs; they steal some from the spider web...
2007-09-06 09:54:28 · 7 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Yellow Jackets are a fascinating bunch. I've seen one chase, catch, sting, and carry off a fly in mid flight. My best guess is they are just like sharks. Their only purpose is to eat, fly, and make babies. Their sting for me is enough to give me cold symptoms for a few weeks. Odd reaction, the nurse at the place I drive to says to monitor those stings, for hypersensitive reactions. I touched the nest hidden under a hand rail and the little beggars zeroed in on the hand that touched the nest and stung it. Pheromones I guess? Don't get too close, O.K.???
2007-09-06 11:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by delux_version 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They make paper and are paper mache' artists! And, they build houses out of paper! Wow! They also help pollenate the flora. Aren't they magnificent builders!! They won't hurt ya' unless you, like, sit on 'em or get real aggressive. Make friends with the bugglets, thee are a lot more of them than there is of us! Have a wonderful weekend! PT
2007-09-06 10:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by Pilgrim Traveler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't really 'work'. They live as a community, so they work together building the hive. I think they lay eggs in the little hexagonal spaces (I can't remember what they're called right now) and then feed the larvae in there. They don't sleep in the same way we do, but at night they rest do rest.
2007-09-06 10:17:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They feed and wash the Queen and go out to pollinate flowers.
2007-09-06 20:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by birdtennis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get rid of it. There been reports of death, due to yelowjackets. If the bunch of them sting you or someone you don't stand a chance
2007-09-06 12:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by funky 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good observations and how fascinating!
2007-09-06 10:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this how repduce and make more waspes there very cool.
2007-09-06 11:33:26 · answer #7 · answered by bugz_ink@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋