What month do yellow jackets/bees start to die off?

What month do yellow jackets/bees start to die off?
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I’m in New England in zone 5a; most of Ohio is warmer zones than that. I’m still seeing paper wasps although they’re pretty sluggish. Once you have a good cold spell they should be gone. Are you, like me, one of the people the yellowjackets come after??
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