Another type of bee that may be seen in open areas of yards during the spring are solitary, ground nesting bees. They do not form colonies, but are important pollinators of many plants. Commonly seen wasps are yellow jackets, hornets, cicada killers and numerous species of paper wasps....
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Most animal venoms are ineffectual if the venom is merely placed on the skin or even ingested. Venom requires a wound to deliver its molecules to its victims. One sophisticated apparatus for creating such a wound is the hypodermic syringe-style mechanism of ants, bees, and wasps: In fact, i...
To help you tell the difference between the good guys and bad guys, here’s a selection of six pairs of good bug-bad bug look-a-likes. We’ve included information about each, including how to identify them, reasons they are good for the garden or not and suggestions for ways to organi...
the bees and wasps constitute some 20,000 species each—both groups belong to the order Hymenoptera, which also contains ants—the insects most likely to be conflated are honeybees (Apis mellifera) and any of several representatives of the wasp generaVespula(commonly known as yellow jackets). ...