Pest control is an unfortunate reality for most homeowners, but these DIY tricks and hacks can prevent it from costing an arm ...

If you’ve ever found a wasp nest tucked under your roof or porch, you’re not alone. But have you ever wondered how wasps choose where to build—and whether all wasps make the same kind of nests? This ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design. Indoors, a wasp nest can look like a sculpture that both “elevates living spaces” and ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...

At this time of year, you might notice an uptick in buzzing visitors around your patio, compost pile or refuse bins. The striped yellow, orange and black pollinators we laud in spring and summer seem ...

Did you notice a few unwelcome guests trying to steal a sip from your soda can at your Labor Day picnics last weekend? In late August/early September, bees and wasps are highly visible, more ...

You may be willing to try almost anything to keep wasps away from your home and backyard. It’s hard to enjoy patio season when a colony of wasps is hovering nearby. In your search for how to get rid ...

Creating a fake wasp nest can keep these pests, who are very territorial, away from your house. With just a brown paper bag, tape, and string you can DIY one in less than five minutes. Cleaning up ...

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Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

Some of the most toxic nuclear waste in the world is stored in dozens of huge tanks first installed in the 1950s at the Savannah River Site atomic weapons complex near Aiken. Radioactive wasp nests ...