How do yellow jackets make their nest in the ground?

Thay are also known as ground wasps. That's where thy live. thy make there nests in holes in the ground.

AnswerThey are any of several small wasps of the family Vespidae that have yellow and black markings and usually nest in the ground.

The term yellowjacket refers to a number of different species of wasps in the genera Vespula and Dolichovespula (family Vespidae). Yellow Jackets are found throughout North America. Their nests are located in the ground or in rotting logs. The colony will reach maximum size in late summer. Worker yellow-jackets are common around picnic areas where they forage for food. Yellow Jackets are social wasps and live in colonies where they lay their eggs in combs of cells made of paper. Yellow Jackets benefit the woodland environment by killing insects that destroy plants and fruit!