How many yellow jackets live in a nest?

A typical yellow jacket nest is anywhere between 500 to 15,000 cells and contains several thousand insects.

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Species of Ground yellowjackets

Widow yellowjacket Blackjacket Eastern Yellow Jacket Common wasp German yellowjacket Red wasp Alaska yellowjacket Western yellowjacket Southern Yellowjacket Common asiatic yellowjacket Forest yellowjacket Prairie yellowjacket Downy yellowjacket

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Alaska yellowjacket (Vespula alascensis)

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