Wasp and hornet species display a range of aggression when it comes to encroachment, Brown said. Yellow jackets are very protective of their colony and may attack when their nest is threatened, ...

Wasps are more often than not unwelcome guests, and if they decide to set up in your yard during winter, you could be dealing ...

It's the one insect no one wants to see in their garden. And since they're asleep all winter, now is the time to take ...

LANSING Michigan foresters are bracing for an invasion of tree-killing wasps. Roger Mech, a forest health specialist with the Department of Natural Resources, said his department has tracked the ...

Wasps can be an annoying presence in your yard, building nests, buzzing around your backyard barbecues, and threatening with painful stings. But for those with serious allergies to insect stings, ...

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Unlike most insect bites, a wasp sting is particularly painful. Wasp stingers contain venom, which is transmitted if a wasp stings you. Wasp sting treatment depends on your reaction. Mild reactions ...

This summer was hot and abnormally dry; resource managers are worried about everything from trout to deer populations. In contrast, there seems to have been an overabundance of things that sting. Over ...

I have one of those little bee houses tucked into the corner of the garden, the kind that has short, hollow pieces of bamboo inside, along with a pinecone, creating numerous little crevices meant to ...