I highly recommend the book The Social Wasps of North America
:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58964391-the-social-wasps-of-north-america
Social Wasps most likely to be encountered in the Yukon are:
Vespula, ground yellow jackets
Vespula acadica
Vespula infernalis
Vespula intermedia
Vespula consobrina
Vespula alascensis
Dolichovespula aerial yellow jackets
Dolichovespula norvigicoides
Dolichovespula alpicola
Dolichovespula arenaria
Dolichovespula arctica
Dolichovespula maculata
Dolichovespula albida
most of the Yellow Jackets i have ID-ed, came in the house, i would catch them in glass jar, photograph them and release them.
I have observed in the house (or yard) most Dolichovespula species, ( exept D.albida)
Ryan has an observation in Whitehorse from D. albida
For the Vespulas i have many observations from V. alascensis, and one from V consobrina.
Checking the observation on inaturalist for the Yukon, Vespula infernalis and V. alascensis are most observed and some V. consobrinas.
