Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European beewolf, Philanthus triangulum, also known as the bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating. A wasp with a hunted bee.© Tomasz ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, report in a new study in the journal PNAS that the symbiosis of beewolves with ...

For a new twist on child care, consider the wasp called the European beewolf. The mom leaves a smear of bacteria near each of her eggs as protection against the perils of youth. This wasp carries an ...

Scientists from the Universities of Regensburg and Mainz and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered that the eggs of the European beewolf produce nitric oxide. The gas prevents the ...

Wasps have rather obvious defenses, such as venomous stingers. But their eggs—soft, oblong, and motionless—are vulnerable to foes like fungi. Enter the beewolf. New research shows that this wasp has ...

THIS is Graeco-Roman wrestling, insect-style. In a battle between a wasp and a bee, most would be on the bee’s side. But you at least have to admire the wasp on this occasion. The insect on the left ...

Mutual protection: The white substance that female beewolves of the genus Philanthus secrete into the brood cell via their antennae contains symbiotic bacteria that produce antibiotics to protect the ...

Here we report on the isolation and identification of nine antibiotic substances from the natural environment (beewolf cocoons) and document their in situ spatial distribution using imaging mass ...

The beewolf offspring and the bees are constantly threatened by mold fungi, which quickly form in the moist soil of the brood cell and severely limit the storage life of the larva’s food source. From ...

Scientists have discovered that the eggs of the European beewolf produce nitric oxide. The gas prevents the larvae's food from getting moldy in the warm and humid brood cells. Food stored in warm and ...

European beewolf, Philanthus triangulum, also known as the bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating. A wasp with a hunted bee.© Tomasz Klejdysz/Shutterstock.com In some of Europe’s driest sandy habitats, you ...