Once you’ve confirmed that you’re dealing with yellow jackets, you’ll need to locate their nest. They can build their wasp nests in many different locations. You’ll need to look for both ...

squamosa will stay in hibernation slightly longer. Southern queens then actively seek out established eastern yellow jacket nests, kill the resident queen, and take over her colony. Goodisman and ...

Swarms of stinging insects in North Carolina are swarming those trying to recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, prompting the distribution of Benadryl and epinephrine injections.

This time of year, stinging insects are fierce. You might come across a yellow jacket hive or hornet nest nest anywhere in your yard, beneath your deck, or inside your home's siding. While you ...

“Populations are just kind of spilling out, so you don’t have one yellow jacket, you have 300 of them ... "If they've escaped [their nest], if they haven't drowned, they're gonna be out ...

PENSACOLA, N.C. — Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has also disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other insects, causing them to swarm and ...

Recognizing the differences between bumblebees, wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets, along with their nests, helps enhance outdoor experiences. Seasonal changes make wasps, yellow jackets ...

UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science As for yellow jackets, they can be easily disturbed if someone walks across their ground nest. “As people are out there moving debris around and getting ...

Michael Sheehan, aged 56, died while gardening at his home in Cork after being stung by a swarm of wasps. Mr Sheehan was ...

Yellow jackets, or predatory social wasps, feed on pests and can be helpful for a garden’s growth. They can make homeowners’ lives miserable, though, especially when they nest within house siding.

An additional struggle to western North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene recovery involves an increase in stinging insects like bees, yellow jackets and fire ants. That has had led state health ...