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 ...

When yellow jackets, a species of wasps, come buzzing around, they aren't usually nice—they're known to be defensive, aggressive, and very likely to sting. But rather than just run and hide, you can ...

Key Points To make a yellow jacket trap, cut off the top of a 2-liter plastic bottle, add a cup of water to the bottom, along with 1 teaspoon of dish soap and 1 tablespoon of apple cider ...

While wasps could be beneficial in your yard, especially for pollination, there are some whose nests you still do not want 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 ...

A friend of mine was picking figs last week and was stung a couple of times by yellow jackets. These insects are generally in the ground, but they can make nests above ground also in pots, woodpiles ...

From the column: "I swear, the farther north you go the mosquitoes get larger. They are the size of aircraft carriers by the ...

Yellow jackets are quite a bit more aggressive than your average wasp—they're capable of stinging multiple times, so they aren't a pest you want circling your home, yard, or patio. As they forage for ...