>  REGARDING           Where are the yellow jackets?
>What is going on?  Is this unique to my area (southeastern Michigan)?  Not
>that I mind it, to be sure, but it really has gotten my curiosity up.  I
>wonder if the varroa mite has invaded the yellow jackets.  This is kind of
>far-fetched, but what could have happened to cause such a radical population
>crash, the likes of which I have never seen before?  Maybe it was the harsh
>winter we had last year (but we have had such winters before).
 
I don't believe it was the winter. We are on a level with you as regards
winter, but we still have the same level of yellow jackets this year. I take
them out as a service, and the requests have not dropped. The only
difference, our area does not have any mites......yet.
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