Yellow jackets don’t usually leave stingers in your skin. Because of this, they can sting you multiple times, unlike bees. Bees leave their stingers in your skin, so they can only sting you once.

Yellow jacket stingers are smooth, so they can sting multiple times, and the stinger is not left in the skin. You may also experience inflammation or redness around the sting a few hours after ...

If you encounter a yellow jacket nest that has been disturbed, the National Park Service recommends slowly walking away with both hands over your face to protect sensitive areas.