As winged insects go about the important business of pollinating plants, you may wonder whether the little guy that just ...

By WALLY PECK, Beltrami County Master Gardener Got bees? The question pops out at you from the flashing sign for a hardware store. The motivation is to sell you sprays or traps to eliminate these ...

For this reason, natural selection has favored flowers that happen to bloom in the period when male wasps are flying but females are not out yet. Why orchids have evolved sexual mimicry for ...

The wasps always win. I don't think anyone has ever seen a tarantula ... Number two is broadly comparable to a honey bee.' The tarantula hawk earned a top score of four, making its sting almost ...

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 ...

These wasps pose threats to local biodiversity, agricultural practices, and public health. Their predatory behavior, particularly towards honey bees, has raised alarms among beekeepers and ...