Mud daubers get their name from their habit of using mud to build their nests, while most wasp species use wood pulp for nest ...

This little bee is larger than a sweat-bee and smaller than a honeybee. It is a native North American bee that lives mostly unnoticed in the American landscape. Known as the mason bee, this insect ...

Buffalo Bayou is buzzing with new summer programming. In its second iteration, the Summer Species series will spotlight the bee. Last summer’s series explored the bat. The family-friendly events aim ...

If your favorite summer treat is a warm, ripe tomato straight from the garden, or even if the closest you get to a tomato is the ketchup on your burger, you should thank a bee, specifically a ...

An up-close sting test with a mud dauber wasp—breaking down the pain, the science, and whether it lives up to its fearsome ...

Components of the venom cocktail used by wild bees such as the Banded Mud-Bee (Megachile ericetorum) are evolutionarily older than their sting. FRANKFURT. Venoms have developed in many animal groups ...