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Yikes! Yellow Jackets

  • June 30, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Yellow jackets are stinging wasps that build sturdy nests out of wood pulp. In the northern U.S., winter cold kills the insects, but in southern areas, the mild weather allows them to make huge nests inside barns or underground — even filling up old cars!

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