The following information can be useful for identification, but never approach a paper wasp or yellow jacket when trying to tell them apart. Yellow jackets can be quite aggressive, and sometimes ...

Flooding in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene has led to swarms of yellow jackets. Heavy rain and standing water likely destroyed the insects' nests underground and in trees. State health ...

Hurricane Helene victims have yet another problem on their hands – swarms of yellow jackets whose nests were destroyed during the storm. Health agencies are stocking up on EpiPens and Benadryl ...

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 ...

Now, another problem has arisen from the storm: yellow jackets. Severe flooding in the state stirred up colonies of the insects as their habitats were likely destroyed by floodwaters, a phenomenon ...

Because of the high winds and catastrophic flooding brough by Helene to the WNC region, hundreds of thousands of yellow jackets find themselves in the same predicament as many of WNC's human ...