Yellow jackets are actually a type of wasp, hailing from the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Often, they are mistaken for ...

During the Fall months, cool and dry conditions prompt visits to local pumpkin patches, corn mazes, festivals, and football games. However, the Fall months are when flying insects like hornets and ...

Pests in your backyard can ruin outdoor fun and yellow jackets are among the worst. There is a hack using cucumbers that some ...

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 ...

Nobody's happy to see wasps in their yard. Before you go reaching for chemical sprays, this easy DIY trap may be able to help ...

Yellow jackets are honey-bee size wasp (about 1/2 to 3/4 inch long) that is black in color with bright yellow markings. (Honey bees are golden or brown.) Yellow jackets build paper nests similar to ...

Question: Hornets are swarming over my parents’ yard and we cannot locate the nest. What should we do? Answer: The behavior of these insects is the key to their identification. The timing of their ...