You can treat yellow jacket stings with antihistamines and home remedies. But an allergic reaction requires immediate medical attention. If you’re allergic, always carry an epi-pen. Yellow ...

Charles Ray, an Extension entomologist and research fellow at Auburn University, said most yellow jacket nests are located in the ground, or in small cavities and have at most 4,000 to 5,000 workers.

This year, the yellow jackets seem to be in a hurry. Ray said his email is flooding with potential sightings of "super nests." By mid-May he confirmed two in person, and since, at least 10 others ...

Helene disrupts yellow jacket, bee nests in North Carolina, prompting massive Benadryl, EpiPen requests. October 4, 2024 / 5:46 PM EDT / AP North Carolina under mud after Helene .

Though less immediately painful than yellow jacket stings, an increase in mosquito bites could prove dangerous. In 2023 reporting from the Citizen Times, one Western Carolina University professor ...