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 ...

Yellowjackets on a plant stem in a yard - Md Ashiful Hoque/Shutterstock If you notice a bunch of insects with black and yellow stripes buzzing around your backyard, they may not be the bees you think ...

It happens to every homeowner at some point. You look up and see a yellowjacket nest hanging somewhere around your home. It’s not safe to leave the nest alone and live near a colony of yellowjackets, ...

A yellow jacket is seen hovering at the entrance to its ground nest in Jeff Burbrink’s backyard. Note the bits of sand on surrounding leaves. the workers are removing bits of soil to enlarge the nest.

Scott Simon opens the mailbag (actually the e-mail folder) and reads letters from listeners. Comments cover a piece on how to get rid of a yellow-jacket nest, an interview with Alexander McCall Smith ...