Another ground-nesting wasp, the yellow jacket, is a social wasp with 1,000 or more workers inhabiting a ground nest with a single entrance. Their sting is painful. Yellow jackets may be very aggressive and quick to use their sting. Control Mining bees are extremely beneficial insects, important in the pollination of many types of plants. Their burrowing will not harm vegetation and they may even help to loosen and aerate soil.
Species are active an extremely brief time, one to two weeks.
If control is desired, wasp, hornet, and bee aerosols are available from ordinary outlets can be used but they may not be very efficient on mining bees. Individual bees can be sprayed as they go about their activities, and you can spray individual burrows. Repeat applications are often required. A better means of control is a dust or liquid insecticide formulation sold for lawn insect control. Apply the product at the recommended rate in the lawn area where the mining bees are nesting.