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 ...

She described encountering larger and more heavily populated nests - with pictures taken by ... A typical wasp nest holds up to 10,000 wasps - but Jacquie says that recent nests have been bigger ...

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 ...