Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from flowers to dead animals, says University of ...

Dr Gavin Broad, Senior Curator of Hymenoptera, explains the gruesome phenomenon. The inside of a chrysalis: dark, sleepy, undisturbed. Or so you would think. In reality, it's a hiding place that is ...

Though both belong to the same insect species (Hymenoptera), they're very different insects. Their appearances are different—while bees are plumper and fuzzy, wasps are longer and smooth.

Parasitoid wasps sometimes lay eggs in unsuitable host ... researchers discovered that when the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia kariyai (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) lays eggs in unsuitable host caterpillars ...

Asian hornets which gruesomely behead and eat bees could soon invade Scotland, posing a threat to the nation’s pollinators. Conservation experts warned the invasive species, which has devastated ...