If you've ever had to deal with a wasp nest in your backyard, you may be wondering if professional removal is really worth the cost. After all, can't you just take care of it yourself with some over-the-counter wasp products and a ladder?

Mosquitoes. Bees. Wasps. Yellow Jackets. The summer brings a swarm of insects ready to crash your party and ruin your day; there’s nothing that quite throws a wrench into a beautiful summer day like a painful bee sting or a cluster of itchy mosquito...

One of the many benefits of the fall season in addition to the cooler weather, colorful leaves, and plentiful amount of apples and pumpkin spice products is that you can look forward to spending time outside without the constant threat of being...

If you have been seeing a lot of yellow jackets lately, it isn't your imagination. This is the time of year when yellow jackets are plentiful. Why? Because those yellow jackets have had all spring and summer to grow their numbers. But there are two...

All summer long, you might have seen three or four yellow jackets, but now, as fall begins, they seem to be everywhere. What makes them thrive in the fall, when everything is beginning to die? You never see yellow jackets in winter, so why are they...

In most towns throughout the Capital Region, yellow jacket nests are at their maximum size and maximum level of obnoxiousness. Around this time of year, next year’s reproductive are developing inside the nest but larval development is coming to a...