A yellow jacket sting can be more dangerous if a certain species of the insect is doing the stinging, a new study shows. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

A southern yellowjacket, or Vespula squamosa. An eastern yellowjacket, or Vespula maculifrons. One of the yellowjacket nests removed by Thomas Glazier, co-owner of the Greenfield-Pittsfield territory ...

Cover image ‘The eyes have it. The yellowjacket wasp Vespula maculifrons lives in complex societies composed of distinct castes, which work together to succeed in the environment.’, copyright [Michel ...