Credit: Nick Ta / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 If you’ve ever been chased off your patio with a plate or a glass of iced tea in hand, you already know yellow jackets aren’t your average backyard visitors.

Prevent yellow jackets from making a home in your yard in spring so they don't become a problem later.

My peaceful backyard recently became dangerous thanks to a yellow jacket nest inside the soil in one of my container plants. These aggressive stinging wasps build nests that can be completely ...

Similar to bees, wasps pollinate flowers and benefit gardens by keeping pests in check. Unfortunately, yellow jackets are more of a nuisance than beneficial insects because they are a notoriously ...