According to the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, a large yellow jacket nest discovered near Winfield marks the northernmost case of the phenomenon on record.
WINFIELD - Marion County is the 10th Alabama county in the state to have a confirmed yellow jacket “super nest.”
“My husband (Herman) found the nest, but didn’t really know what it was,” said Kimberly Holcomb-Logan of Winfield, who is a hair-dresser and owns the property where the nest was discovered.
The large nest, technically known as a perennial nest, was confirmed on Sunday, July 14, at Logan’s property in Winfield, according to Charles Ray, an entomologist and research fellow working with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System in Auburn.
The nest was discovered under an uninhabited mobile home on the property, marking the 26th perennial nest to be confirmed this year.
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