A single sting is painful, but multiple stings — often from worker hornets defending their hornet nest — can be fatal. Yellow jackets are some of the most aggressive wasps and are responsible ...

Yellow jackets (which include bald-faced hornets ... the nests should be eliminated to minimize the risk of stings. Honey bees mostly occupy manufactured hives, but occasionally nest in cavities ...

to a four (the level of a tarantula hawk wasp). The yellow jackets that were likely the first stings many of us experienced just rate a two. The scale, which Schmidt developed after getting stung ...