A flash of yellow and black in the garden is often enough to make people step back. Yet most of us are not entirely sure whether the insect hovering near a flower bed is a bee, a wasp or a hornet. The ...

At first glance, the hexagonal cells build by honey bees and social wasps may seem similar, but they are significantly different. Honey bees build using wax, whereas wasps use paper. Honey bees build ...

Here are eight possible sources that attract wasps to your yard, plus some tips for getting rid of these stinging bugs.

Hexagons are mutually associated with bees and wasps, as both insect species build their nests using this humble six-sided shape. Anyone who stumbles upon a bee or wasp nest in nature will be greeted ...

Bees and wasps have converged on the same architectural solutions to nest-building problems, according to new research. Bees and wasps have converged on the same architectural solutions to ...

I'm 27 years old. There are a big fatty bee, and a couple of his/her smaller bee groupies hanging out on my 8x6 deck with me right now. They fly close every once in a while, and I kind of lean away ...