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

If your yellow insects were coming in and out of a hole in the ground, they would definitely be yellow jackets; honeybees don’t nest in the ground, and native stingless bees are solitary nesters.

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 ...

The hot, dry conditions could force the yellow jackets out of ground nests. “Normally it starts declining in the fall," Ray said. He said the “super colonies" appear to have many queens.

If you see a lot of yellow-striped insects flying out from one hole in the ground, you probably have found a yellow jacket nest. Yellow jackets can become very agitated and will attack, possibly ...

Bumble bees are usually found underground in deserted rodent nests or other cavities, in compost piles, or underneath objects on the ground. Both honeybees and bumblebees construct cells made of wax.

An uptick in ground-nesting Yellow Jackets has the Contra Costa Vector Control District Officials busy. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay Welcome, Mickey ...

Unlike bees, yellow jackets don’t die after stinging you. ... Russell said the best thing to do if the nest is in the ground, is get powdered insecticide. If it’s in a tree, ...

Yellow jackets will aggressively defend their nest and can sting repeatedly. Workers are black and yellow and about 1/2 inch in length, with queens being slightly larger.

Yellow jackets are heavy-bodied, with black and yellow or white markings and live in gray, papery nests, which are mainly located below ground but some are suspended above, he said.

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 ...

As fall approaches, yellow jackets become increasingly prevalent and aggressive, often mistaken for bees. Mark Sheperdigian from Rose Pest Solutions explains that yellow jacket nests grow large by ...