> 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. **************************************************** * David Eyre 9 Progress Drive, Unit 2, * * The Beeworks, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1. * * [log in to unmask] 705-326-7171 * * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks * * Agents for: E H Thorne & B J Sherriff UK. * ****************************************************