just some advice on how to tell the queen apart. queens usually have realy wide white lines on their shoulder, comapered to a worker/male in which these lines are thinner.

Thanks! Oh! I was looking at the wrong spots/lines..oops..

I was recently stung by a wasp/hornet that looks like this and went into anaphalactic shock. The sting was the most pinpoint localized pain that one could imagine. I have been stung by many bees, wasps, hornets and never had a reaction like this. It is quite similar to the photos provided. The nest was discovered in Albany NY, the insect is extremely aggressive, has a baseball size nest in my Rhododendron bush that is a papery, wrapped around hive with entrance at bottom. What can you tell me about this insect.