Try these simple ways to keep these stinging pests out of your yard.

A yellow jacket is seen hovering at the entrance to its ground nest in Jeff Burbrink’s backyard. Note the bits of sand on surrounding leaves. the workers are removing bits of soil to enlarge the nest.

I had problems with yellow jackets in my backyard last year, which made eating outside challenging at times. Is there something I can do to prevent problems again this year? I have a large garden with ...

*According to NOLA, a beekeeper recently dealt with an “extreme amount” of southern yellowjackets that had invaded a shed in Patterson, a small city in St. Mary Parish in Louisiana. The infestation ...

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 ...

Honeybees are good bees — they won’t sting you unless you bother them! This is part of a lesson that beekeepers preach in order to separate the honeybees from the other stinging bees. Since the ...

Some telltale signs that summer is coming to a close: the sun rises later in the morning; many lush green lawns are now browning out; yellow school buses are back on the roads and yellow jackets are ...