Yellowjackets are the notorious wasps that are numerous in parks that have open trash cans. They are attracted to sugary drinks and food, and they can sting (I speak from experience). Yellowjackets ...

Many insects sport black-and-yellow backsides; some of them even develop the pattern to convince other species that they’re a more dangerous animal with the same markings, like a wasp.

Eastern Carpenter Bees are large yellow and black bees often mistaken for bumble bees. The easiest way to tell the difference is to look at the back end of the bee, the abdomen.

Yellow-faced bees are slender, smooth and mostly black, and much smaller than the pure black female carpenter bee, another conspicuous non-native bee common in the islands.

Bumblebees' distinctive bright yellow and black stripes may not be what keeps them safe from their enemies, scientists say. A UK study has shown that other aspects of bees' behaviour may matter ...

They defend their nest, and they sting. Baldfaced hornets are large, black insects, about 7/8 of an inch long with white to cream-colored markings (not quite yellow) on the front of the head and at ...