Yellow jackets are not bees of any kind! Sean in Alexandria, Virginia, writes, “The timing of your recent mention of Yellow Jacket nests was serendipitous, as I just discovered ‘bees’ living ...

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

Yellow jackets can be aggressive, and they sting, and can sting repeatedly. Honey bees are not aggressive and are generally not a threat (unless you are allergic and antagonize them).

René Eisenbart/The OregonianFrom top to bottom: mud dauber wasp, yellow jacket and honeybee. Bees are important pollinators -- good guys among garden insects. So how can you tell if the buzzing ...

Even the NYPD’s famed “Tony Bees” wanted no part of these nasty little buggers. Just weeks after Detective Anthony Planakis put in his retirement papers, following 20 years as the department ...

Unlike bees, which create hives that produce honey, yellow jackets live in nests, which can be found in secluded areas or on the ground. Bee stingers have barbs, so they stay in the skin, then ...

Unlike yellow jackets, “honey bees don’t live underground,” Wilson-Rich said. Additionally, bee swarms don’t occur this time of year, but in the springtime for reproduction purposes.

(Mass Appeal) – Yellow jacket bees are extremely aggressive and will attack if they or their nest is being threatened. Unlike some other bees which can only sting once and die after they sting ...

Paige Lettington has been sighting more yellow jackets than usual in her 10-acre backyard just outside of Grass Valley. Her home has no lawn or flowerbeds — just natural vegetation — yet she ...

They mimic the look and behaviour of bees, and by doing so they scare some people who confuse them with either sweat bees or yellow jackets. But, they are a harmless fly. Gibb said sweat bees often ...

Honey bees, bumblebees and wasps, which include hornets and yellow jackets, live in hives or colonies, according to the Thurston County Environmental Health Department. They’ll usually ignore ...