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Find Yellowjacket Nests: Bait With Tuna + Banana, Watch Flight Path at Low Sun

Locate nest: Plate with rotten banana + tuna. Watch which way they fly. Move plate that direction. Repeat. Best at low sun (morning/late afternoon)—yellow dots visible against foliage.

Then Treat

Dust nest entrance at night with insecticide.

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