What's the buzz? Yellow jackets, wasps

BONNERS FERRY — Yes, I have found through a “stinging” introduction that the yellow jacket is a North Idaho predatory insect that builds a large nest to house the colony. My first encounter with a yellow jacket in Boundary County was when I was trying to plug in my waterfall pump and failed to realize wasps were building a small nest in the secluded area around the electrical plugin. I was stung three times in the thumb before I could say “I’m outta here."