Most people won't be surprised that bumble bees and ground-nesting wasp colonies have queens. What is surprising, though, is that those big bees and wasps we see in the spring are the queens—not ...

She analysed scientific research papers and conference presentations for bees and wasps over the last 37 years and 16 years respectively. Of 908 papers sampled, only 2.4% wasp publications were ...

Bees sacrifice themselves to defend the hive from a wasp attack. Credit: Qypchak / Wikimedia Commons ... Haplodiploidy in bees, ants, and wasps represents a fascinating evolutionary adaptation that, ...

Social wasps such as the hornets and yellow-jackets live in colonies similar to those of honey bees and ants Yellow-jackets (Vespula vulgaris) are the size of honey bees, with black and bright ...

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 ...