“Simply passing too close to a wasp nest can trigger an attack as the pests are very aggressive.” Some wasps tend to be more ...

When you find an abandoned wasp nest in the ground what else should you do but pour molten hot metal into it?

There are 7,000 species of wasps living in the UK, nine of which build nests to house a colony. Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to ...

The nest is likely to have been built by many wasps over several years, says the wildlife trust A wildlife trust hopes a giant wasp nest found in a house could help people better understand the ...

My husband, Chad, and I were moving furniture in the barn near our house. I didn't realize there was a wasps' nest in one of the shelving units, and I got stung on the forearm. I had this strange ...

During the winter months, honeybee colonies face their most challenging period of survival. The combination of cold ...

But you may be more familiar with the black and yellow social species. Colonies of social wasps are considered annoying pests - they often nest in manmade structures and deal out painful stings if you ...

Wasp stings are no joking matter. This time of year, stinging insects are fierce. You might come across a yellow jacket hive or hornet nest nest anywhere in your yard, beneath your deck ...

Astronomers have discovered that the exoplanet WASP-69 b has a comet-like tail, which extends more than 350,000 miles due to ...

The handful of colony-living, nest-building species is just a tiny fraction of overall wasp diversity, estimated at more than 9,000 species in the UK alone. Most wasps are solitary, some are tiny ...

And social insect queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests. Most people won't be surprised that bumble bees and ground-nesting wasp colonies have queens.

And social insect queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests. Most people won’t be surprised ...