A student in Italy did an experiment with wasps and colored paper, which resulted in the insects building rainbow nests. This is how they do it. Italian biological science student Mattia Menchetti ...

"We wanted to blend our research, and realized that researchers spent so much time studying the behavior of paper wasps but not the microbes — bacteria, fungi, etc. — that exist in their nests," ...

Wasps pose significant dangers, as even a single wasp or a large group can inflict harm or even be fatal to sensitive ...

One recent study highlights this phenomenon, which is called biofluorescence. The nests of Asian paper wasps produce a brilliant, lime green glow when seen under ultraviolet light. In fact ...

The nest is likely to have been built by many wasps over several years ... create a sort of laminate of the wood pulp, a bit like paper, that dries and solidifies. This process is repeated ...

While unable to speculate on the number of wasps expected to hatch this year, Hahn said the warm, early spring will allow the yellow jacket and hornet queens to produce more offspring throughout ...

Watson advice for anyone who comes across a hornet’s nest, or a bee, yellow jacket or wasp nest, is to stay away and call a professional. “Their venom is very similar to yellow jacket venom,” he said ...

As the weather heats up bee and wasp queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests.