This year is as bad or worse than last, with Yellow Jackets swarming in
front of bee hives. Their method is to subdue the bee, cut off it's head,
and eat a small amount of flesh from the thorax, then fly off to the nest.
Here's a picture of one who has just removed the head of the bee and is
feeding. Observe the bee's head in the corner.

http://www.pbase.com/image/31353628

But sometimes the bees do kill a few wasps. This bee locked it's jaws
around the Yellow Jacket, and I found both dead together in this position
while the ants were harvesting the remains of both.

http://www.pbase.com/image/31552504

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