Social wasps that live in nests together and solitary wasps that are rarely dangerous, explains Bryan McGee, the grounds ...

There are 7,000 species of wasps living in the UK, nine of which build nests to house a colony. Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to ...

But you may be more familiar with the black and yellow social species. Colonies of social wasps are considered annoying pests - they often nest in manmade structures and deal out painful stings if you ...

IBut of all Insects, the most careful parents, the most accomplished nest builders, are certainly the bees and wasps. Both groups of Insects are subdivided, according to their habits, into social ...

We all know that wasps, hornets, and yes, yellowjackets, can all deliver a painful sting. As primarily predators, these ...

Now is a good time to take a close look for wasp nests around your home. They are getting large enough to be noticed but have not reached their peak size yet. Wasps can nest in a variety of locations.

wasps and ants), and have been most intensely studied in ants. The social parasitism that I address here is restricted to the ants that form mixed species nests and depend on labor provided by the ...

The anti-social varieties of wasp that bother us at picnics are actually ... with some of their nests growing to three metres in height. According to Serian Sumner: “Wasps invented paper ...

The nest-dwelling, picnic-disrupting black-and-yellow terrors that generally come to mind when the word “wasp” is mentioned are actually unrepresentative of the group. Most wasps are small ...