yellow jackets
The time is here to place yellow jacket traps out in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 05/10/2020 - 5:57pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It still isn't too late to prevent pesky yellow jacket interruptions of July and August picnics and outside dinners in Lake Tahoe. Now is the time to prepare by placing traps for the queens as they start to emerge from their winter hibernation.
The queens are the only bee colony member to hibernate in the winter. She emerges in spring and begins to look for a suitable place to build a nest and begin her new colony. By the end of summer one colony can have 4,000 to 5,000 yellow jackets.
An Ordinary Day until.....Bees
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/28/2019 - 12:20pm
In the time that it takes to text someone, pet your dog, or order a great meal at a local restaurant, something went very wrong. An ordinary day veered sideways and I was no longer on a relaxing vacation. I was working to save someone’s life.
Location
Upper Truckee Meadow
river drive
United States
See map: Google Maps
What does changing climate mean for yellow jackets?
Submitted by paula on Wed, 09/20/2017 - 11:12am
Event Date:
September 21, 2017 - 5:30pm
How does the 2017 yellow jacket population compare to previous years? Will a changing climate mean more regular population increases of these stinging things?
Join Dr. Lynn Kimsey, from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will speak at the next Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) talk in Incline Village on September 21 at 5:30 p.m.
Get an overview of yellow jacket diversity and biology and learn how to distinguish them from other wasps. Dr. Kimsey will also discuss effects and treatments of stings, and even more importantly, how to prevent or treat outbreaks.
More wasps than normal around Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 7:26pm
Lake Tahoe visitors may notice wasps hovering around and experts say they're seeing more this year, than usual.
"It seems like it's the worst year that they've had up here in quite a few," says Doug Howard, Operations Manager for Tahoe Recreation, "It's been pretty much all over the basin, you know. I have six campgrounds that I run around here and everybody is having the same problem with the bees."
"There have been some reports of some people that have gotten stung up to 50 times and ended up in the hospital," says Howard, "but those are the very rare cases."
Now is the Time to Prevent Colonies of Yellow Jackets in Your South Lake Tahoe Yard
Submitted by paula on Wed, 05/07/2014 - 10:36pm
The yellow jacket queens have already been seen in South Lake Tahoe, and if you don't want your backyard volleyball game or summer picnic ruined by them, now is the time to take action.
The queens are the only bee colony member to hibernate in the winter. She emerges in spring and begins to look for a suitable place to build a nest and begin her new colony. By the end of summer one colony can have 4,000 to 5,000 yellow jackets.
So if you take out one queen, you eliminate thousands of bees.
Three cheers for Vail going for safety on the slopes
Submitted by Sam Bauman on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 10:07amThose of us who have spent most of our adult life on ski and snowboard slopes know how important it is to follow the rules on the slopes. From our earliest snow days we have followed the Skiers Responsibility Code, simple rules that make fun on the trail safer. If you don't know the Code, check it out next time you're at a mountain resort.
