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Alabama researchers found at least 26 giant nests of yellow jackets, with one located farther north than Birmingham. The “super nests" have been found in Baldwin County in south Alabama through ...
Yellow jackets in Alabama may be in the midst of a colossal craze; they're making humongous "super nests" that can house 15,000 worker wasps, according to an entomologist there.
Massive structures dubbed "super nests" each housing up to 15,000 yellow jackets have again begun appearing in Alabama — and experts warn many more of the car-sized units are likely to pop up ...
CORNISH: Nests like the ones in the Barrons' smokehouse can be home to as many as 15,000 yellow jackets, possibly even more. And it's not the only super nest in the state. CHARLES RAY: There's at ...
This year, the yellow jackets seem to be in a hurry. Ray said his email is flooding with potential sightings of "super nests." By mid-May he confirmed two in person, and since, at least 10 others ...
Alabama researchers are finding huge — like really, really big — yellow jacket nests across the state. Perennial yellow jacket nests are colonies that survive more than one year, have 15,000 ...
In previous years, a yellow jacket nest was no larger than a basketball, Ray said. It would contain about 3,000 workers and one queen. These gigantic nests may have as many as 100,000 workers and ...
ATLANTA — Georgia experts are warning about the danger of yellow jackets this summer after a "super nest" with up to a half-million of the aggressive wasps formed in Alabama. Several massive ...
Massive yellow jacket “super nests” that can get as big as a car are popping up in Alabama. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is warning residents to stay away from these nests, ...
(WSPA) — It sounds like a horror movie – giant yellow jacket nests buzzing with 15,000 of the stinging insects. Entomologists are warning Alabama residents about super nests. How super? Think ...
Having survived an unusually mild winter, yellow jacket wasps are building huge nests, sometimes in human spaces. ... One super nest in South Carolina was found to contain 250,000 workers.