As winged insects go about the important business of pollinating plants, you may wonder whether the little guy that just ...

We spent the following week exploring the nest and learning all about wasps. The children were eager and excited to see and ...

For this reason, natural selection has favored flowers that happen to bloom in the period when male wasps are flying but females are not out yet. Why orchids have evolved sexual mimicry for ...

What is surprising, though, is that those big bees and wasps we see in the spring are the queens—not the workers—building their nests all on their own. Bumble bees and yellowjacket wasps ...

These wasps pose threats to local biodiversity, agricultural practices, and public health. Their predatory behavior, particularly towards honey bees, has raised alarms among beekeepers and ...

have a poor reputation with the public A new study reveals that wasps are largely disliked by the public, whereas bees are highly appreciated. The researchers involved say that this view is unfair ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious condition that can occur following wasp and bee stings ... AKI caused by the venom of the Asian giant hornet. The study found that multiple injections ...

The Asian hornets, which feed on native bees and wasps, are threatening to get a “foothold” in the UK, with nests found in East Sussex, Kent, Devon and Dorset, said the BBC. This has raised ...

Worker wasps act as gatekeepers around nests and buzz ... Twenty people died from bee stings last year, according to the health ministry. The nesting period, typically from late April to October ...