Knowing your winged and stinging insects is pretty important for homeowners, both so they can better understand the biodiversity on their property and so that they know which insects pose danger to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pollen often clings to a bee's fuzzy body and collects on its hind legs as it moves from flower to flower Knowing which insect you ...

At first glance, the hexagonal cells build by honey bees and social wasps may seem similar, but they are significantly different. Honey bees build using wax, whereas wasps use paper. Honey bees build ...

Recent calls to the Purdue Extension office have prompted me to re-visit a topic I have written about before: bees or wasps that form an elaborate nest and function as a colony. We call them “social” ...

Hexagons are mutually associated with bees and wasps, as both insect species build their nests using this humble six-sided shape. Anyone who stumbles upon a bee or wasp nest in nature will be greeted ...

I'm 27 years old. There are a big fatty bee, and a couple of his/her smaller bee groupies hanging out on my 8x6 deck with me right now. They fly close every once in a while, and I kind of lean away ...