During the warmer months, many homeowners enjoy spending time outdoors. Although relaxing on a shaded deck with a good book and an ice-cold drink can be relaxing, it can quickly go south when insects ...

My peaceful backyard recently became dangerous thanks to a yellow jacket nest inside the soil in one of my container plants. These aggressive stinging wasps build nests that can be completely ...

While yellow jackets are active throughout the summer in Michigan, fall is often when they become the most annoying as they pester you for your apple, or cinnamon and sugar doughnut at the farmer's ...

Scott Simon opens the mailbag (actually the e-mail folder) and reads letters from listeners. Comments cover a piece on how to get rid of a yellow-jacket nest, an interview with Alexander McCall Smith ...