So, what’s with the aggressive little yellow and black striped wasps? Let’s take a look at the “Life of a Yellow Jacket;” allow me to start in the spring.

According to Joe Boggs, an OSU Extension Entomologist for Hamilton County, while these wasps begin their life in the spring, they are usually fully matured by late summer.

Social wasps include paper wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. All these types of wasp construct their nests from wood fibers which they chew into pulp, mix with their saliva and mold into paper.

Yellowjackets are more cautious in the springtime, a Utah expert said, because there are fewer wasps in the colony. But the ...

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