Still a few of these wasps around, and if you look closely, you can see a couple wandering around their empty nests. These wasps are very docile. Those biologists who work with wasps say that you need to work hard at provoking them. And I've certainly found this to be true, as I have spent a lot of time around them in various locations, photographing them and just watching them and have yet to be stung by them. Yellowjackets are a bit more assertive!