Let’s take a look at the “Life of a Yellow Jacket;” allow me to start ... Climate change has shifted this cycle. More female yellow jackets are surviving the mild winters and are hungry into the ...

But across Washington, yellow jacket and paper wasp populations ... In a queen wasp’s life cycle, she will hibernate through the winter then emerge in the spring to build a new colony.

What Causes a Reaction to a Yellow Jacket Sting? All stinging insects, including yellow jackets, belong to the class of insects called Hymenoptera. They inject venom into your skin through a stinger.

I used to think of hornets and yellow jackets as the jerks of the animal ... waiting until spring returns to start the whole cycle anew. If you can’t wait for the icy hand of death to squash ...