Wasps nests can be startling to see, but some are more dangerous than others. Here's how to know what species is building a nest around your home and yard.

Imagine standing in a swarm of bees close to the ground and not being stung. While working in pest control, I helped many of our customers deal with Digger bees. As with any insect in the wasp family, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow jacket wasps around nest - Judy_dautovich-ralf_hunsinger/Getty Images It's never fun to find a ground wasp nest in your ...

Photo courtesy of CAES NewsUniversity of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts suggest thinking twice before spraying pesticides to control ground-nesting bees. Bumblebees and other native bees are ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. On warm days through early fall, you can find two large species of “digger” wasps flitting about late-blooming flowers. Like many wasps, these species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Most ground-nesting wasps are solitary and mind their own business as they pollinate plants and prey on unwelcome ...

After the rush of the spring nesting season, things tend to slow down a bit in the natural world. Sure, some birds such as Cedar Waxwings and American Goldfinch are just getting started in their ...

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Digger wasps are continuing to multiply in numbers in the Lowcountry. At Possum’s, we used to get a few complaints in localized areas; now the numbers seem to be on the rise. One faithful reader of ...