I feed yellow jackets! Mostly honey, but sometimes molasses or cooked meat or fish. I have had over 75 at the feeding place(on a table by the back door) and they aren't agressive. I know they keep mosquitoes and black flys away.... Some of them get to 'know' me and will come in the house and 'buzz' me to put out more honey. Butterflys 'whack' them with their wings and seem to be the only thing that the yellow jackets are respectful of. I have never been stung since I started feeding them and they often crawl on my hands when I put out stuff. They like oranges but won't touch lemons!
I feed yellow jackets! Mostly honey, but sometimes molasses or cooked meat or fish. I have had over 75 at the feeding place(on a table by the back door) and they aren't agressive. I know they keep mosquitoes and black flys away.... Some of them get to 'know' me and will come in the house and 'buzz' me to put out more honey. Butterflys 'whack' them with their wings and seem to be the only thing that the yellow jackets are respectful of. I have never been stung since I started feeding them and they often crawl on my hands when I put out stuff. They like oranges but won't touch lemons!