Some bugs can be tricky to tell apart, especially when you don't want to get close! Here's how to distinguish a paper wasp vs yellow jacket.

Set up decoy nests, clean yard debris, and seal tiny wall cracks to make your home unwelcoming to yellow jackets. Move flowering plants away from living areas and clean up food and drink spills.

While yellow jackets are active throughout the summer in Michigan, fall is often when they become the most annoying as they pester you for your apple, or cinnamon and sugar doughnut at the farmer's ...

Yellowjackets on a plant stem in a yard - Md Ashiful Hoque/Shutterstock If you notice a bunch of insects with black and yellow stripes buzzing around your backyard, they may not be the bees you think ...

It happens to every homeowner at some point. You look up and see a yellowjacket nest hanging somewhere around your home. It’s not safe to leave the nest alone and live near a colony of yellowjackets, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alabama residents are reporting sights of massive yellow jacket nests that can house thousands of wasps and can be several feet long. Yellow Jackets Have Built Massive Nests In Alabama This Year AUDIE ...

Park visitors in the North Bay are being warned of a wasp infestation at a popular state park. A higher-than-normal yellow jacket population is prompting safety tips and warnings. Mild weather ...