This week with the arrival of warmer days, I saw yellow jacket queens flying around the yard. They are the perfect indicator as to when to place yellow jacket traps out in the springtime.
I put out Rescue style yellow traps with attractant and hopefully the queens will be captured preventing them causing trouble this year. Yellow jackets and weeds in the garden are similar in that if you can get them early, yard work is reduced and everyone has more fun. Well, maybe the yellow jackets don't have fun in the trap.
Happy spring!