Yellow jackets — properly known as Vespula, Dolichovespula, or Paravespula — are thin wasps with black and yellow coloring and long dark wings. Here you can learn how to treat their stings and ...

Little Beckham Reed — who was born with just one kidney — was swarmed by the wasps when he bumped into a nest while riding in ...

Since yellow jackets like foraging in landfills, they may carry harmful bacteria (germs) on their stingers. Getting stung by a contaminated yellow jacket stinger can cause infections or blood ...

How to Prevent Yellow Jacket Stings. Here are some tips to help avoid yellow jacket stings:. Wear light-colored clothing. Avoid wearing scented deodorant, perfume, or soap.

Always cover food and drinks to keep yellow jackets out (Photo: Getty Images) ... As mentioned before, most of the time, these bugs don’t leave a stinger. But sometimes they do break off.

Yellow jacket stings are painful and can cause symptoms that can range from mild to life-threatening. Treatment includes basic first aid and medication.

One overlooked impact of Tropical Storm Helene's destruction in Western North Carolina stings more than others - literally. Because of the high winds and catastrophic flooding brough by Helene to ...

Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty Images. ... Severe flooding in western North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Helene has stirred up colonies of yellow jackets, raising the risk of stings.

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 ...