“The bees seem to be doing very well this year,” Altobell said. But if honey bees are doing well, that means other bees, like hornets and wasps, are out too. “This year’s been a bad year for yellow ...

It’s summertime – the season of surf and sand, swimming pools, picnics, camping, outdoor sports - and the season ofstinging insects. Bees, wasps, yellow jackets, mosquitoes and hornets can take the ...

The honey bee killer the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) has now been found a second time in South Carolina. The hornet was caught in a baited trap on March 14 in Jasper County, about three ...

During the Fall months, cool and dry conditions prompt visits to local pumpkin patches, corn mazes, festivals, and football games. However, the Fall months are when flying insects like hornets and ...

While yellow jackets are active throughout the summer in Michigan, fall is often when they become the most annoying as they pester you for your apple, or cinnamon and sugar doughnut at the farmer's ...

Answer: Unlike honey bees, yellow jackets are not important as pollinators and extraordinary measures need not be taken to protect them. Yellow jackets (which include bald-faced hornets) and paper ...

A wet winter means more flowers, more flowers means more food for honey bees, and more food means more bees. At least in Napa. George Altobell, who has been beekeeping for three years, said that he’s ...