They also nest differently. In this article, we’ll discuss all there is to know when it comes to the differences between yellow jackets and paper wasps.

Yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps are able to sting multiple times unlike European honeybees, and are most aggressive when defending their nests.

All of them but particularly yellow jackets and wasps will vigorously defend their nests. Their stingers are not barbed like honey bees, so they can sting repeatedly.

Yellow jackets wasps feed their young liquefied insects, with caterpillars, flies and spiders comprising the largest food groups in the yellow jacket diet during most of the summer.

Unlike the familiar yellow jacket and bald-faced hornet-wasps that build large, elaborate, enclosed paper nests shaped like large footballs or spheres-the Polistes fashions a much smaller and ...

Paper wasps look a lot like yellow jackets, but they are much more mellow and can easily coexist with humans, provided humans behave themselves. Yellow jackets most often build nests in more ...

Ask the Master Gardener: Yellow jackets, wasps are not important pollinators When wasp nests are found close to where people are active, the nests should be eliminated to minimize the risk of stings.

It's nesting season for aggressive agitators like wasps and yellow jackets, mosquito squad shares what happens when you need to neutralize a nest.

Unlike paper wasps and bald-faced hornets, yellow jacket nests often remain hidden underground. “They can knock the daylights out of you if you mow over them,” Landolt said.