By mid- to late-summer and fall, yellow jacket populations are at their height. “As their number build up, they gorge ...

The wings are longer than the body, and they have a bright yellow and black body. Often, ground wasps are primarily black. ... Treating the ground nest for yellowjackets can be a challenge, ...

Remove wasp nests by trying natural remedies after sundown when the wasps are inactive. These methods also work to eliminate ...

Whether you're facing one pesky wasp's nest or an infestation, follow this guide to learn how to get rid of wasps at your ...

“Yellow jackets typically nest in the ground, but there are always exceptions to the rule. They will take advantage of other hollow spaces to construct a paper nest that may eventually house ...

Though less immediately painful than yellow jacket stings, an increase in mosquito bites could prove dangerous. In 2023 reporting from the Citizen Times, one Western Carolina University professor ...

Most ground-nesting wasps are solitary and mind their own business as they pollinate plants and prey on unwelcome garden pests, such as caterpillars. But social wasps, which live in a colony with ...

One overlooked impact of Tropical Storm Helene's destruction in Western North Carolina stings more than others - literally. Because of the high winds and catastrophic flooding brough by Helene to ...

Running barefoot as a boy in the Philadelphia suburbs, I suffered the normal number of bee stings. Fortunately, I was never stung by a wasp, though I well recall the sight of miniature black ...

A Georgia toddler was fighting for his life after getting stung over 150 times by yellow jackets – sending him to the emergency room with multiple organs failing.. Two-year-old Beckham Reed was riding ...

To get a yellow jacket or hornet hive removed, call Dan Scollard at 541-753-6861 or Jim DiGiulio at 541-752-8396. Kyle Odegard covers public safety for the D-H. He can be contacted at 541-812-6077 ...