In this video, I show you step by step how I safely eliminated a massive underground yellow jacket nest using only soap and water. These aggressive pests pose a threat to honey bees and people, so I ...

Some fellow teachers and I kicked off the long weekend with a get-together on the porch of a local restaurant. One teacher was accompanied by her young son, who spent most of his time with us ...

A yellow jacket nest hidden underneath siding (Scott Svab photo) October has arrived this week, and we finally got the much-needed rain last week. The weather forecast for the first week of October ...

You might want to close your eyes for this. Yes, both of them. OK, now, clear your mind and imagine me sitting at the dining table on my handsomely appointed patio. It’s mid-August and I’m gnawing, ...

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 ...

On Aug. 27, every one of forty students and two staff members stung was fine — though perhaps shaken — after unknowingly disturbing a nest of yellow jackets at an Ashfield, Massachusetts, school. CBS ...

ASHLAND, Mass. (WBZ) - The typical buzz surrounding the first day of school took on a whole new meaning for students at David Mindess Elementary School in Ashland, Massachusetts. “When I was in, I saw ...

What's happening: Visitors to the Samuel P. Taylor State Park, a 2,800-acre state park in Marin County, are worried about the increasing number of yellowjacket nests and the attacks. Peter Ostroskie, ...

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 ...

A few days before the Oregon Country Fair this year, Jeanne Howell was extracting yellow jackets from a nearby campsite. Most of us avoid hornets and wasps, whose sting can be quite painful…and for ...

The warmer months mean more time outdoors with sunshine, nice weather... and yellow jackets. If you live in an area where these annoying bugs thrive in the summer, then you know how tricky it can be ...

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.