The researchers involved say that this view is unfair because wasps are just as ecologically useful as bees. The scientists ... prey to take back to their nest to feed their lavae." ...

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 ...

Dec. 4, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that ancient Americans relied primarily on mammoth and other large animals for food. Their research sheds new light on both the ...

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 ...

This means they visit more flowers per unit time and are more likely to contact and move pollen than other flower visitors like flies, wasps, butterflies ... Solitary or semi-social bees; each female ...