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I have seen those size yellowjackets for the last several years. Gigantic. I heard them called European Yellowjackets. They love my apple trees. They will hollow out a large apple in a day. Sux's because they go to the apples just as they are ready to be picked. you can't spray them that close to harvest so I use water from a hose if I feel ballsey. Loose lots of fruit. Wasp's, yellowjackets, etc. are meat eaters, other insects, so they will attack honeybees for sure, which are not meat eaters. There is such a small amount of honeybees in the wild now because of virus and mites, almost all are domesticated, this would be very bad situation if they become abundant.
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