Yellowjacket Problems/Bees in the Central Sierra?
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Yellowjacket Problems/Bees in the Central Sierra?
I spoke to the receptionist at the Prather Ranger Station and she said one of the backcountry patrols wrote on his/her report that there were a lot of bees. Tehipite Tom and anyone else who just came out of the backcountry, were bees a major problem?
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As I recall, there are 3 insect seasons every year in our Sierra...all lasting and dependant on the amount of moisture present. First, come the mosquitoes, then later the flies, and lastly the yellow jackets…(God, I detest those yellow varmints the most.)
If I had my druthers, I honestly would wish for the mosquitoes...better fishing. The flies, especially the horseflies...bite – draw blood, and those little yellow demons sting repeatedly.
Such is life in our Sierra.
If I had my druthers, I honestly would wish for the mosquitoes...better fishing. The flies, especially the horseflies...bite – draw blood, and those little yellow demons sting repeatedly.
Such is life in our Sierra.
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It seems that yellow jackets are particularly bad in dry years. I remember some pretty bad yellow jacket trips in the late 80's early 90's and have had little trouble since 93--the majority of the winters have been normal to wetter than normal since then.
In addition to being stung occasionally, one of the more bizarre memories I have of yellow jackets was when I was at Saucer Lake in Desolation Wilderness catching an enormous number of brookies. At one point I felt an odd tugging on the thumb of my reel hand. I looked and it was a yellow jacket chewing on a hang nail I had--they do have strong jaws. That particular year (1989) I remember as being the worst. It was routine that year for yellow jackets to swarm all over us while we were eating lunch and while I was cleaning fish.
In addition to being stung occasionally, one of the more bizarre memories I have of yellow jackets was when I was at Saucer Lake in Desolation Wilderness catching an enormous number of brookies. At one point I felt an odd tugging on the thumb of my reel hand. I looked and it was a yellow jacket chewing on a hang nail I had--they do have strong jaws. That particular year (1989) I remember as being the worst. It was routine that year for yellow jackets to swarm all over us while we were eating lunch and while I was cleaning fish.
Since my fishing (etc.) website is still down, you can be distracted by geology stuff at: http://www.fresnostate.edu/csm/ees/facu ... ayshi.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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