Yes. All wasps sting, some species are less aggressive than others but the paper wasp is quite aggressive and protective of their territory. It is a very painful sting. Paper wasps feed Spiders to their young, and they use it for that, but they do not hesitate to sting people in proximity with their nests.
No, they do not.
yes squirrels reuse their nests.
mild winter to come
No, yellow jackets do not eat through wood. They build there nests in the ground. However, Carpenter Bees make holes in certain types of wood.
We have black bears around our place in Oregon that must love the grubs, because we see nests destroyed and figure out that this must be the case.
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets was created in 1915.
Frankford Yellow Jackets ended in 1931.
Frankford Yellow Jackets was created in 1899.
yellow jackets are not bees, and they do nothing but pollinate
Hornets and Yellow Jackets get this large.
There are many types of bees that can cause damage to wooden house siding. Yellow jackets, bumble bees, honey bees, and European wasps are among the many variety of bees that will burrow into the wooden siding and build their nests in the walls of your home or other buildings.
Yellow jackets use their antennae to smell and taste things. Yellow jackets are one of several social insects that live and work in colonies.
Yellow Jackets build concealed nests underground or in protected cavities. Nest size varies widely; some nests can be held in one hand, whereas nests in warmer climates may weigh half a ton. In late summer, colonies produce new queens and males. After mating, these new queens go into hibernation. Males and workers do not survive the winter. The following spring the queen emerges from hibernation and searches for a suitable nesting site. Yellow jackets diet consists of meats, sweets, and ripe fruit. They can sting repeatedly, especially when trapped in clothing, because their stingers don't have barbs. They will sting without apparent provocationThe Yellowjackets, the American jazz fusion quartet