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 ...

We haven’t yet explored whether similar traits appear in other Hymenoptera, such as ants, bees, and wasps, but it’s definitely an area we’re eager to investigate.” What was most surprising ...

these bees construct their nests close together and forage within ... When it is time to mate, the males emerge first, explains Dr Joseph Monks, Curator of Hymenoptera at the Museum. 'Up to several ...

Most hymenoptera are not eusocial, but this social system has arisen multiple times within the group. It is found in some bees (Apidae) and wasps (Ross & Matthews 1991) — with separate origins ...

The Museum houses one of the largest collections of Hymenoptera in the world. The collection is of global cultural, scientific and historic significance and comprises of approximately 3.5 million ...

The insects involved included flying hymenoptera (bees; 49%), imported fire ants (38%), scorpions (4%), and unidentified insects (8%). Worrisome respiratory reactions, including swelling of the ...

Social behavior in insects, kin recognition system of honey bees, nest defense in honey bees, and social biology of the giant tropical ant. Kin recognition studies are designed to examine the various ...

The velvet ant is the first known ultra-black species of the order Hymenoptera, which includes over 150,000 species of ants, wasps, sawflies, and bees. It’s a rare coloring in the wild ...

The strengths of our collection are the Hymenoptera (bees), Lepidoptera (butterflies), Coleoptera, Orthoptera, and Hemiptera (leafhoppers). Regional biological collections such as ours are especially ...