Marblehead Urgent Wasp, Yellow Jacket Warning Issued: Police

MARBLEHEAD, MA — Marblehead residents were asked to stay away from the area of Roundhouse Road near School Street on Tuesday because of what police were calling "a bee/wasp situation."

"These are not honey bees," police clarified. "But a combination of yellow jackets and wasps."

Police did not share whether anyone had been stung by the swarm as of early Tuesday afternoon or a timetable for removing the aggressive insects.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)