While bees are often a happy sight in the garden, wasps are the opposite. Not only are their stings more painful, but they can sting you multiple times. And it seems like they just love building nests ...

It looks like a Vespula alascensis nest to me, and as such, you should kill it. (Open-cell construction paper wasps are worth leaving alone, as they are wonderfully beneficial insects to have around.

Whether you're mowing the lawn or hosting a cookout, the last thing you want to worry about is stinging insects such as wasps. But the truth is that wasps have a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.