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

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.

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 ...

Here's what to do if you're attacked by wasps Why is it so hard to swat a fly? Social wasp nests are constructed from wood fibres collected and then mixed with water by industrious wasp workers to ...

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 ...

Social wasps such as the hornets and yellow-jackets ... with black and bright yellow markings. They build nests in the ground, logs or building walls or attics. Their stings are painful, but ...

Honeybees and bumblebees are social bees found in Minnesota. Wasps commonly nest on buildings or in retaining walls, trees, and the ground. When wasp nests are found close to where people are ...

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 ...

It is found in some bees (Apidae) and wasps (Ross & Matthews 1991 ... Termites are diploid and perform complex social behaviors including nest construction (Ladley & Bullock 2005) and territorial ...