Unlike yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps, bees do not die in the winter, and typically stay alive by staying inside their hive and feeding on honey created throughout the year.

Adult Western yellow jacket on soda can Yellow jacket and paper wasp queens begin their nests in spring when the weather becomes warm. From spring to midsummer larvae require large amounts of protein.

It’s yellow jacket and wasp season and they seem to be particularly annoying this year. Even the firefighters out on the wildfire lines are being painfully plagued by them.

Dear readers, I stand corrected. Apparently the winged warriors I wrote about two weeks ago are not bees; they’re yellow jackets. At least that’s what several people have told me, based on the ...

Yellowjackets are scouting for areas to create their nest. Their colony population will increase up until the winter where all but one queen wasp will die. Paper wasps create their nest out of a ...

Scientists are warning Alabamians to be cautious of wasp colonies which can grow as big as a Volkswagen Beetle. The state may be on track to mirror 2006 where more than 90 super nests were reported.

German yellow jackets are a species of wasp found in the Northern Hemisphere and are native to Europe. These types of wasps have a bit of a bad temper and are known to sting for absolutely no reason.