If there's a small black filament sticking out of the center, that's the stinger. (Only honey bees leave this behind, so if you don't see one, you were likely stung by a bumblebee, wasp, yellow jacket ...

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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. What is ...

Our autumn has been very pleasant and unseasonably warm. We are now experiencing the more normal temperatures of late fall ...

In the vast realm of insects, certain beetles, mites, and other insects—including bees, ants, and wasps—use a unique system of sex determination known as haplodiploidy. In this system, the sexual ...

Tonight, UAB transfer Kelvin has comitted to the Yellow Jackets, giving them a young DB with potential in their secondary. According to his social media, transfer DB Kelvin Hill has committed to ...

It is called entomophobia which means an irrational and uncontrollable fear (phobia) of insects, usually a specific insect or group of insects (wasps and bees in your son's case). Not many people ...

4 Miami and helped keep them out of the College Football Playoff, freshman quarterback Aaron Philo mounted a game-winning drive vs NC State, and the Yellow Jackets were close to ending their ...

The Yellow Jackets were efficient from the floor, shooting 54% while making 11 threes at a 45.8% clip. The hot shooting continued when Kyle Ingwerson connected from deep, carrying over his ...