The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a ...

Bees arrive at their nest in a tree cavity created and long since abandoned by a black woodpecker. For those first few days of the siege, the honeybees appeared helpless in the face of the hornet ...

Bumblebees have been found to be starting nests in the depths of winter due to climate change, say conservationists. The ...

And social insect queens emerge from hibernation in search of a place to start their nests. Most people won't be surprised that bumble bees and ground-nesting wasp colonies have queens.

Unlike the honey bee, it can sting multiple times and through a beekeeper ... In the following years, the WSDA found and ...

For example, two-sided nests grow more quickly ... which often results in mirrored kitchens or bathrooms across apartments, bees originate their colonies based on a heat source, and thermal ...

Family-oriented and nest-proud, these bees will aggressively defend their hive, and they have a tendency to go all out when responding to a threat. In 1956, Brazilian geneticist Dr Warwick E Kerr ...