Imagine standing in a swarm of bees close to the ground and not being stung. While working in pest control, I helped many of our customers deal with Digger bees. As with any insect in the wasp family, ...

It's never fun to find a ground wasp nest in your backyard. These pests get angry and territorial when their nest is threatened, and merely walking near the hive can be interpreted as an assault. This ...

Photo courtesy of CAES NewsUniversity of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts suggest thinking twice before spraying pesticides to control ground-nesting bees. Bumblebees and other native bees are ...

Q: We have these large brown ground wasps that are still around. We have tried to eliminate them but to no avail. My husband said they're called the "Gardener's Friend," as they dig holes and keep the ...

Mark in Olney writes: “Every year we have bees digging in our grass. They come out of the ground and swarm around bushes and flowers late July through September and make ant-like dirt hills in the ...

This July and August, have you seen any huge wasps – a fearsome 2-inches long – flying around and perhaps going into holes in sandy ground? If so, you probably went out of your way to avoid them, ...