> What about other U.S. localities?  Do yellowjacket numbers seem different
> this year?
 
Until this year, I never saw yellowjackets foraging around my home in
the middle of urban Santa Clara, near San Jose California, but we sure
have them this year.  We've lived here 15 years.  I wondered if our
honey bee hive attracted them; it is new this year.
 
Dick Rawson