When a yellow jacket stings, its barb-like stinger pierces the skin and injects you with venom consisting of toxins called mastoparan and phospholipase A1 and A2. Unlike bees, yellow jackets can ...

Severe flooding in western North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Helene has stirred up colonies of yellow jackets, raising ...

Bee, wasp, yellow jacket, hornet, and fire ant are the insect stings that most often trigger allergic reactions. But most people aren't allergic to insect stings and may mistake a normal sting ...