It's fall. The leaves are changing, the days are getting cooler and... are the insects really bad? If you've noticed an uptick in activity and general annoyance from insects of a stinging variety – ...

Answer: Unlike honey bees, yellow jackets are not important as pollinators and extraordinary measures need not be taken to protect them. Yellow jackets (which include bald-faced hornets) and paper ...

Wasps are often feared and respected for their ability to sting. Some species may become aggressive if closely approached or disturbed. Others will not sting people or animals until after direct ...

It’s yellow jacket and wasp season and they seem to be particularly annoying this year. Even the firefighters out on the wildfire lines are being painfully plagued by them. Yellow jackets seem to be ...

If you’ve had a barbecue outside, you have probably experienced yellow jackets foraging for food. They are primarily scavengers, and they start to show up at picnics and barbecues, around garbage cans ...

Wasps are pollinators in the garden, but not insects you want to encounter around your home, yard, or patio—they are more aggressive than bees, and you don't want to get stung while lounging outside.

Don’t be surprised if you see more wasps and other stinging insects buzzing around as fall sets in and the days get cooler. Yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps are all reaching their ...

There are two topics of concern this week. The first is the proliferation of yellow jackets and wasps, and the second is the still-increasing number of beetle-killed spruce trees. Both are most ...

If you’ve noticed more than the usual amount of wasps hovering around, you’re not alone. Due to Northern Colorado's mild spring and warm summer, the insects have thrived and their colonies have grown.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Yellowjackets are more than a nuisance, they account for at least 90 percent of “bee stings.” European paper wasps, are beneficial predators of caterpillars ...

On a recent walk on Gustavus’ nagoonberry trail, the larger forms of wildlife were absent or in hiding. But my naturalist friend and I spotted a wasp clinging to one of the last goldenrod ...