Remove the stinger. Although yellow jackets don’t normally leave a stinger, sometimes they do. The stinger looks like a tiny black dot in the area of the sting. Use your fingernail or a credit ...

You can treat yellow jacket stings with antihistamines and home remedies. But an allergic reaction requires immediate medical attention. If you’re allergic, always carry an epi-pen. Yellow ...

Since yellow jackets like foraging in landfills, they may carry harmful bacteria (germs) on their stingers. Getting stung by a contaminated yellow jacket stinger can cause infections or blood ...

But the local yellow jackets smell your lemonade and would like you to share it. One wants to be your neighbor, then two. You can’t swat them away enough. They keep coming.

”Yellow jacket populations build up over the summer, and as the season progresses, and the nests grow larger, they have a lot of mouths to feed,” Greenberg said.

Yellow jackets sting when threatened, and it can be painful or cause an allergic reaction. There are other things people should be aware of if they come across a yellow jacket, too. As well as ...

Yellow jackets are an insect it’s worth watching out for. These black and yellow pests sting and, unlike a bee, they aren’t limited to stinging once. They can be provoked easily, too.

Officials said more than 20 yellow jacket stings have been reported at the Okanogan Fair Grounds alone. Fire officials said there is no effective way to stop them either.

No matter what opinion one may have of the yellow jacket, it is obvious that the 3/4-inch wasp means business. It sports black and yellow bands on its abdomen and slender but strong black wings.

If you know you're allergic to stings, always have an EpiPen with you, he recommends. And Land says it's important to note you can't be allergic to something to which you haven't been exposed.