1
2
July 27, 2023 Bees and wasps have converged on the same architectural solutions to nest-building problems, according to new ...
Apr. 30, 2021 Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a new ...
Sep. 23, 2022 Researchers have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. The findings show that the wasps lived much shorter lives at high temperatures, which would ...
Apr. 6, 2021 Cuckoo wasps are notoriously difficult to tell apart. Now an extremely rare species has been discovered based on the chemical language it adopts from its host as part of its ...
Nov. 29, 2023 Bees, wasps and ants belong to the Hymenoptera order and inject a whole cocktail of venomous ingredients when they sting. Despite their tremendous ecological and economic importance, little was ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Bumblebees successfully learned a two-step puzzle box task through social observation. This task was too complex for individual bees to learn on their own. Observing trained demonstrator bees ...
Dec. 7, 2023 A new study of paper wasps suggests social interactions may make animals smarter. The research offers behavioral evidence of an evolutionary link between the ability to recognize individuals and ...
June 5, 2023 Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new ...
Jan. 27, 2022 The findings will be used to help researchers determine how traits, characteristics and color impact ...
July 31, 2023 The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study shows. A team led by Washington State University researchers traced the bee genealogy back more than ...