Summertime has all sorts of benefits. Wasps aren’t one of them. Difficult and dangerous to deal with every summer, wasps can find corners and crevices in nearly any location to build nests. And with ...

"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 ...

Extreme heat in the Spokane area is creating an early onslaught of wasps, and one local pest control company is already bracing for a busy summer as wasp issues begin to mount outside and inside homes ...

I’d like to get some information on wasps. Should I automatically destroy any nests I find? I seem to remember that wasps pollinate flowers. I’ve also read that some wasps eliminate garden pests. — ...

Whenever I asked students to tell me how insects were ecologically important, two of the most common responses were “as plant pollinators” and “some insects were vectors/carriers of diseases.” It ...