What kind of wasps are in the Lowcountry and how can you avoid stings? Here's what to know about these pesky summer insects.

Yellow jackets and paper wasps are incredibly similar wasps, and it’s difficult for the average person to tell them apart.

Unlike yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps, bees do not die in the winter, and typically stay alive by staying inside their hive and feeding on honey created throughout the year.

“Your wasps -- which by the way, yellow jackets are truly a wasp -- they are meat eaters, they are carnivores.” (fermate/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Q: They’re not going to go after my steak ...

Some of the most common wasp types include yellow jackets and paper wasps. These two species are very similar, and many people get them confused. Despite similar colors and markings, they have a ...

European paper wasps are black, brown or dark red and sometimes have yellow markings, so are frequently mistaken for yellow jackets. Paper wasp nests are shaped like upside down umbrellas, with ...

Hornets and bees are both feared insects for their painful stings. Both are quick-flying, hive-building insects that work ...

Bald-faced hornets are not true hornets. They're in the wasp family and are a species of black and white yellow jacket. The species gets its name from the black and white coloring on the front of ...

Some wasp species live in genetically related groups and are said to be social while other wasps are solitary. Types of nests vary between wasps. ... Yellow jackets and paper wasps.

After the invasive yellow-legged hornet was spotted in Georgia, its first time in the 'open U.S.' people are on alert for the 'social wasp species' ...