Paper wasps and hornets: Larger and thinner than yellow jackets, and usually less colorful. They tend to be less aggressive ...

Yellowjackets are often aggressive and territorial, so you don't want them living in your yard. Learn how to spot a ground ...

Often a menace to homeowners’ properties, yellow jackets tend to nest in the ground where they build their colonies. Although there are a handful of ways to deter these pests, hiring a ...

A friend of mine was picking figs last week and was stung a couple of times by yellow jackets. These insects are generally in ...

Yellow jackets tend to nest in more secluded places like brush piles, ground cover beds, rotted logs, cracks or holes in the ground or pavement, under steps or porches on a house, in house walls ...

A yellow jacket is seen hovering at the entrance to its ground nest in Jeff Burbrink’s backyard. Note the bits of sand on surrounding leaves. the workers are removing bits of soil to enlarge the ...

Yellow jackets build more nests underground due to lack of food source during drought Posted 12:59 a.m. Jul 23 - Updated 3:49 a.m. Jul 23 Photo by Daniele Barison on Unsplash By ...

Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other insects, causing them to swarm and sting people struggling to ...

If you encounter a yellow jacket nest that has been disturbed, the National Park Service recommends slowly walking away with both hands over your face to protect sensitive areas.