Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you come across the nest of a paper wasp colony and happen to ...

It's fall. The leaves are changing, the days are getting cooler and... are the insects really bad? If you've noticed an uptick in activity and general annoyance from insects of a stinging variety – ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wasps aren’t complete villains, though, because they are potential pollinators and can help with insect ...

On a muggy spring night in 2016, the chemist Bernd Schöllhorn was tromping alone through a forest in northern Vietnam. Into the inky darkness, he raised a black light—and saw an extraordinarily bright ...

Asian paper wasp nests take on a new verdant glow under ultraviolet light. Bernd Schöllhorn and Serge Berthier Scientist Bernd Schöllhorn was exploring a forest in northern Vietnam when he spotted ...

In eastern Kansas individual foundresses of the paper wasp, Polistes metricus, sometimes maintain multiple nests or share several nests with other foundresses. Since P. metricus is heavily parasitized ...

After 40 years in the RV park business, Teri Blaschki has learned to live with and even love paper wasps, stings and all. “I’ve been stung by them many, many times. It’s just what they do,” said ...

Entomologists in Washington state are setting up traps and urging people to be on the lookout after a “murder hornet” was spotted attacking a paper wasp nest this week near the US-Canadian border.

DEAR JOAN: In a recent column you mentioned wasps. I’d like to suggest writing about paper wasps, which are non-aggressive unless you touch the hive. Paper wasps are beneficial. I protect the ones ...