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I know that wasn’t there when I planted the tree a month or two ago. How quickly can they reach those mammoth sizes?

Thanks for the advice all. Wish we could get some 40s in here...looks like torch mins for a few days.

What do they do if you plug the hole? Just dig out?

Muggy day, but nothing insane. Typical summer heat.

I have some liquid permethrin, but I've read that will take a couple of minutes to kill them...sounds like a recipe for getting stung while waiting for them to die. My sister is allergic to yellowjacket stings, but I've never been stung. I'm not too excited to jump in there.

It's right next to my newly planted tulip tree. I really don't want to kill the tree.

Lisa got a pic. Guess I was wrong in the dim light last night. Looks like yellowjackets. Nuke’em?

I think the argument was the amount of nights in the 50s.

Negative BMI though...

COOP site? Probably counting 1 cooler morning for 2 days. When I see multiple back to back mins that are the same it's a flag for that.

Definitely not bumblebees and pretty sure not yellowjackets. Had more of a subtle yellow/black abdomen and not the vibrant yellow of a yellowjacket. I'll try to get a pic today.

No berries that I could see. One of them has maybe a 2-3" diam trunk.

Not that tiny. Maybe 1/2"?

I have a lot of that invasive glossy buckthorn stuff too, but these 2 trees look different.

One more Q... Anyone got an ID on this? The leaves look very leathery.

BOS +4.7 BDL +4.1 PWM +3.3 CON +3.1 ORH +3.0 PVD +2.5

So yeah...found a bee nest on the edge of my lawn in the backyard. They look pretty active flying in and out of the hole in the ground. I like me some bees so I don't want to kill them. What do we have for ground nesting bees around here? They almost looked like honeybees, but I didn't get a great look since it was 8pm. Is there a humane way to get them to set up shop elsewhere?

What was the avg high at 945ft?

Snoozefest at PVD and ORH STATION: PROVIDENCE RI MONTH: JULY YEAR: 2019 LATITUDE: 41 43 N LONGITUDE: 71 26 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 84 61 73 1 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 8.6 20 350 M M 3 25 350 2 82 68 75 3 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 7.5 16 250 M M 6 18 240 3 88 66 77 5 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 13 150 M M 3 16 150 4 90 66 78 5 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 4.8 14 140 M M 5 18 17 150 5 82 66 74 1 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 7.6 15 200 M M 5 1 15 200 6 89 73 81 8 0 16 0.02 0.0 0 9.2 23 230 M M 8 1 27 330 7 80 63 72 -1 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 9.5 20 30 M M 5 26 40 8 81 60 71 -2 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 12 210 M M 4 13 150 9 88 62 75 2 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 16 160 M M 5 21 50 10 89 64 77 4 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 18 150 M M 6 28 160 11 83 69 76 3 0 11 0.06 0.0 0 9.6 22 200 M M 8 18 27 210 12 89 71 80 6 0 15 1.01 0.0 0 4.9 15 30 M M 6 13 19 360 13 86 70 78 4 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 8.9 17 230 M M 4 24 240 14 90 69 80 6 0 15 0.00 0.0 0 8.6 17 290 M M 2 26 310 15 84 66 75 1 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 16 300 M M 4 20 300 16 87 63 75 1 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 7.2 16 160 M M 6 8 30 110 17 91 72 82 8 0 17 0.39 0.0 0 8.3 21 340 M M 6 138 26 270 18 78 64 71 -3 0 6 0.16 0.0 0 8.1 21 20 M M 8 1 24 20 19 89 65 77 3 0 12 0.00 0.0 0 7.2 16 220 M M 7 21 160 20 94 77 86 12 0 21 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 13 200 M M 5 8 22 210 21 96 78 87 13 0 22 0.00 0.0 0 8.4 20 250 M M 4 28 250 22 84 70 77 3 0 12 0.81 0.0 0 8.5 29 60 M M 6 13 35 60 23 71 64 68 -6 0 3 1.00 0.0 0 8.9 24 10 M M 10 1 47 20 24 82 64 73 -1 0 8 0.02 0.0 0 5.8 14 200 M M 6 1 18 10 25 83 64 74 0 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 17 200 M M 3 26 170 26 82 63 73 -1 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 18 150 M M 2 22 150 27 79 64 72 -2 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 7.5 17 150 M M 2 21 140 ================================================================================ SM 2301 1802 0 302 3.47 0.0 197.8 M 139 ================================================================================ AV 85.2 66.7 7.3 FASTST M M 5 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 29 60 # 47 20 STATION: WORCESTER MA MONTH: JULY YEAR: 2019 LATITUDE: 42 16 N LONGITUDE: 71 52 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 80 59 70 1 0 5 0.00 0.0 M 10.4 18 320 M M 2 24 310 2 79 63 71 2 0 6 T 0.0 M 9.6 15 260 M M 2 22 270 3 85 67 76 7 0 11 0.00 0.0 M 4.7 12 310 M M 1 14 320 4 87 67 77 8 0 12 0.00 0.0 M 5.7 10 230 M M 1 15 120 5 84 69 77 7 0 12 0.00 0.0 M 9.7 17 230 M M 1 24 240 6 88 69 79 9 0 14 1.22 0.0 M 10.9 26 300 M M 6 13 36 290 7 79 66 73 3 0 8 0.00 0.0 M 6.5 14 30 M M 5 20 30 8 79 59 69 -1 0 4 0.00 0.0 M 5.4 9 260 M M 0 12 10 9 82 61 72 2 0 7 0.00 0.0 M 6.6 13 340 M M 0 17 320 10 84 64 74 4 0 9 0.00 0.0 M 6.7 12 240 M M 0 14 260 11 79 66 73 3 0 8 0.21 0.0 M 9.2 21 170 M M 5 1 28 160 12 84 68 76 6 0 11 0.72 0.0 M 6.6 17 290 M M 7 12 23 260 13 81 64 73 3 0 8 0.00 0.0 M 7.8 15 290 M M 2 21 270 14 84 67 76 6 0 11 0.00 0.0 M 10.5 17 290 M M 2 21 290 15 78 61 70 -1 0 5 0.00 0.0 M 8.5 17 310 M M 0 23 340 16 82 60 71 0 0 6 T 0.0 M 8.1 15 240 M M 1 20 240 17 86 71 79 8 0 14 0.67 0.0 M 9.7 22 300 M M 4 13 30 320 18 72 63 68 -3 0 3 T 0.0 M 7.5 15 70 M M 9 1 22 50 19 86 64 75 4 0 10 0.00 0.0 M 8.1 17 230 M M 4 22 240 20 90 75 83 12 0 18 0.00 0.0 M 10.4 18 280 M M 1 3 24 280 21 89 73 81 10 0 16 0.00 0.0 M 13.2 24 260 M M 0 32 270 22 78 61 70 -1 0 5 0.82 0.0 M 7.4 15 30 M M 7 13 25 50 23 68 59 64 -7 1 0 1.16 0.0 M 7.2 17 10 M M 8 1 24 10 24 78 62 70 -1 0 5 T 0.0 M 6.0 13 340 M M 3 17 300 25 79 63 71 0 0 6 0.00 0.0 M 4.4 12 300 M M 2 14 310 26 82 62 72 1 0 7 0.00 0.0 M 5.2 14 170 M M 0 17 170 27 80 63 72 1 0 7 0.00 0.0 M 8.7 14 220 M M 3 123 19 210 ================================================================================ SM 2203 1746 1 228 4.80 0.0 214.6 M 76 ================================================================================ AV 81.6 64.7 7.9 FASTST M M 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 26 300 # 36 290 ================================================================================

It's been damn warm down there, but idk...just seems like you're getting there in a boring way. There just hasn't been much in the way of BN days to offset the warmth. I'm still throwing an asterisk at BDL and BOS too.

Low 65.5F Not too bad here this morning. Getting a little dewy around the coast, but I think the official sites up here will keep them in the M/U 60s today and tomorrow so naso bad.

You had one good heat/dew wave so far. Otherwise it's been typical summer warmth. Unmemorable summer.

Yeah I've been saying the trough axis is a little far west for us...think I said +1 to +2 to Kev the other day. GEFS have a decently cool period in the d11-15 period as the axis shifts a bit east. But yeah, looks like typical August doldrums for a bit.

Looks like you have it mulched well. I’m not sure it needs daily watering at this point. Stick your finger under the mulch and into the ground. If the top 1-2” is dry maybe give it a deep watering and wait a few days. If it’s moist...just leave it. They’re a shallow rooted plant, but they don’t like to be overwatered either. I had a cherry tree lose all of its leaves last summer after I planted it in the spring, but it put out a little new growth in September and then came back fine this spring. So you’ll probably be fine.

I heard a few rumbles from that. Lookin like no dice here.