That’s a good question, because it’s complicated. A queen bee is a female bee that is the only bee in the hive to lay eggs. She is also the largest bee in the hive. If you think that wasps have queens ...

A queen in a paperwasp colony largely stays in the dark. The worker wasps, who fly outside to seek food and building materials, see much more of the world around them. A new study indicates that the ...

The venue has loads of open parkland here. At this time of year the Queen wasps look for somewhere warm and dry so end up in places like this... When inside they are drawn to light and heat, therefore ...

While bees are often a happy sight in the garden, wasps are the opposite. Not only are their stings more painful, but they can sting you multiple times. And it seems like they just love building nests ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust and The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Jennifer Jandt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

The venue has loads of open parkland here. At this time of year the Queen wasps look for somewhere warm and dry so end up in ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Queen wasps pass down their personality to worker wasps, says a new study in which brave scientists ...

Annoying and stubborn! That’s how most of us would characterise the wasps that buzz around our food when we try to enjoy a quiet lunch outside. But there may be more to wasp personality than this, ...