Yellow Jacket wasp nest the size of a baseball IN JUNE?!

In my part of Ohio, yellow jacket nests typically grow slowly during the first part of the year. By July they get to be near the size of a baseball. This one is already that size in mid-June, which is because we had an early spring. This is indicative of a bad year for yellow jackets. There will be a lot of them!

[@epiccsx]

I have a little wood deck outside my house, and 2 years ago in the summer we got one of those nests under there. We didn't find out til encountering it the hard way, and it didn't come back last year. This year it did, on the other side of the platform. There's already about 10 bees in it

[@loyaltonotredame2160]

holy crap! i havent seen any here in southern illinois yet this year

[@TheBeeMan]

They're very easy to miss when they're this small. Every nest that you'll find the rest of the year is already started, you just haven't noticed them yet

[@loyaltonotredame2160]

@@TheBeeMan interesting i just found a old wasp comb in my fan the other day ill be on the lookout this summer

[@jamesmaddox1450]

Yellow Jackets also like the underside of lawn mower handles. Then when you go to start it to mowe, bam! Done that. . .

[@herc1120]

This looked like Dolichovespula arenaria and they develop faster than the other species. They die off quicker too. The latest lasting colonies of areanria are done by Labor Day.

[@TheBeeMan]

These are them, the common yellow jacket. In Ohio, where I am, they'll nest into October. How far north are you?

[@specialiste-anti-nuisibles]

Hello from.france I donthe same job from you 😀😀👍👍

[@seang2012]

Dude they are planning a trap for you! It’s like ganging up on Batman. Beware!

[@FillyCheesteak]

DESTROY IT! CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!

[@franciscomartins9281]

This is velutin-wasp

[@SBenji-fk5wc]

There are no bees 🐝 y would you do that