Hornets and bees have many similarities, but what are there key differences? Read here to learn more about their differences.

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 ...

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 ...

While most people picture the beloved honeybee when they think about bees, North America actually has 4,000 species of native ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

But it's not only bumble bees getting slowly eaten alive. Bee flies eat the eggs of other insects, like wasps and grasshoppers. So if you happen to be missing any of these insects in your garden ...

They placed 45 bees in the arena and let them choose to walk along a straight line to a foraging area with food, or wander off that path through an area with colored wooden balls.