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

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 ...

The wasps always win. I don't think anyone has ever seen a tarantula ... Number two is broadly comparable to a honey bee.' The tarantula hawk earned a top score of four, making its sting almost ...

Climate change is bringing new insect pests into our gardens. A change in climate means that areas that were once ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 species pose no greater risk to human health than the native wasps and hornets. However, they are known to be predators of other insects such as honey bees, and can raid hives and eat them.