Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets are actually beneficial for the garden, in that they prey on other insects. Unfortunately, they can deliver a painful sting—and unlike bees, yellowjackets live to sting again and again. While this type of wasp usually nests underground, nests will occasionally appear around the yard. If you plan to remove a nest yourself, be sure to do this at night, when yellowjackets are less active. If a nest is large or difficult to approach, you're better off calling a professional.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Dealing with Yellowjackets
• Fall Means Yellowjackets
• Featured Creatures: Yellowjackets and Hornets
• What's the Buzz? Yellowjackets in the Schoolyard

UF/IFAS Publications

• Wasps and Bees
• Yellowjackets and Hornets Vespula and Dolichovespula spp.

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Stinging and Venomous Insects

Other Sites

• Pesticide-Free Solutions to Yellowjacket Problems--Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
• Quick Tips: Yellowjackets--University of California IPM Online
• Southern Yellowjacket--Texas AgriLife Extension
• What is Causing Supersized Yellowjacket Nests?--Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
• Yellowjacket--Ohio State University Extension
• Yellowjackets--National Biological Information Infrastructure
• Yellowjackets and Hornets--West Virginia University Extension Service (PDF)