One wasp, the European paper wasp, is interesting because of its ability to construct small nests in many different, unusual sites. Just in the author’s backyard, they have been found nesting in ...

Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary ... to house the rising numbers of insects in the colony. Some species' nests are large and elaborate, whereas others are small and compact.

Bumble bees and yellowjacket wasps typically nest in the ground ... (the perfect cozy size to insulate a big queen and a small nest). After they find their spot, the queens forage and defend ...

Some creatures get VIP invitations to our backyards—you may plant a garden to attract butterflies or build a bat house to help with mosquito control. But wasps are one of those insects most ...

Sweat bees are a large group of small bees. You likely won’t notice ... families — some of which include well-known insects like wasps and honey bees. There are four subfamilies within ...

While their contribution to pollination may not be as substantial as bees’, wasps still play a ... emerge when the weather warms up. These female wasps begin to form new colonies. After building a ...

Bees evolved from wasps and they still look a lot like them ... provisioning their simple nests with a taffy-like mixture of nectar and pollen known as “bee bread.” Look closely at the ...

Small brown teardrop shapes disrupt ... You can also directly spray individuals with bee and wasp repellent. If you want to directly eliminate a nest, you’ll first have to locate it.

We report data obtained concerning the occupation of trap nests by xylicolous Crabronidae (sensu Melo 1999) in a study carried out in central Spain between 1992 and 1995. In particular, we analyze the ...