I usually have out grape jelly more in the spring for the Orioles that stop by. Towards June and July it's the wasps that take over. This is what happens: The Yellow Jacket Wasps By Mary J Williams © I feed the birds And sometimes it’s jelly Grape jelly for Orioles A lot goes into their belly This year the honeybees Were flying about They went to the dishes Passed info to the scout More honeybees came I kept the dishes full Went through a big jar And that is no bull Alas the wasps came then The temperatures were dropping The honeybees left But wasps weren’t stopping The thing I noticed most The wasps weren’t as smart They also used the birdbath But they weren’t as careful from the start They went to the edge Put their head down in Sometimes slipped and fell That’s where the story begins I go to fill the birdbath up I see a wasp upside down You silly little wasp I say with a frown Some others are buzzing around But that didn’t stop me Sometimes got them out with the spray A leaf or a tool, but never let them be I saved as many as I could I know some must have drowned It wasn’t my fault I saved the ones I found I think the ones that were in trouble Gave the word to one and all Do not hurt that person She is saving us from our falls! Reply
I usually have out grape jelly more in the spring for the Orioles that stop by. Towards June and July it's the wasps that take over.
This is what happens:
The Yellow Jacket Wasps
By Mary J Williams ©
I feed the birds
And sometimes it’s jelly
Grape jelly for Orioles
A lot goes into their belly
This year the honeybees
Were flying about
They went to the dishes
Passed info to the scout
More honeybees came
I kept the dishes full
Went through a big jar
And that is no bull
Alas the wasps came then
The temperatures were dropping
The honeybees left
But wasps weren’t stopping
The thing I noticed most
The wasps weren’t as smart
They also used the birdbath
But they weren’t as careful from the start
They went to the edge
Put their head down in
Sometimes slipped and fell
That’s where the story begins
I go to fill the birdbath up
I see a wasp upside down
You silly little wasp
I say with a frown
Some others are buzzing around
But that didn’t stop me
Sometimes got them out with the spray
A leaf or a tool, but never let them be
I saved as many as I could
I know some must have drowned
It wasn’t my fault
I saved the ones I found
I think the ones that were in trouble
Gave the word to one and all
Do not hurt that person
She is saving us from our falls!