Hornets and bees are both feared insects for their painful stings. Both are quick-flying, hive-building insects that work ...

Examples of social bees and wasps that can give homeowners problems include honey bees, bumble bees, yellowjackets, paper wasps, and hornets. These insects are covered in Purdue Extension publication ...

Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers ...

Most people won't be surprised that bumble bees and ground-nesting wasp colonies have queens. What is surprising, though, is that those big bees and wasps we see in the spring are the queens—not ...

Africanized honeybees are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading north, attacking people, livestock and pets along ...

According to Mr Campbell, a typical nest of between 2,000 and 3,000 hornets can eat more than 11kg of insects per season – equating to the weight of around 90,000 bees.. Research published in ...

WSDA's hornet eradication team wore special protective gear when removing hornets from a nest in 2020. Left to right: Chris Looney, Cassie Cichorz, Sven Spichiger and Rian Wojahn.

Baldfaced hornets are large, black insects, about 7/8 of an inch long with white to cream-colored markings (not quite yellow) on the front of the head and at the end of the abdomen. Bumble bees are ...

Yes, they will sting to defend themselves and their nest similar to most other stinging wasps and bees. Bumble bees, are much less likely to sting than hornets, yellow jackets or honeybees.

Jeremy Pearce has used his industrial design skills to create a trap which does not catch wasps or bumble bees, but traps hornets alive. By Tony Whitfield. 17:01, Sat, Aug 31, 2024.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...