Recent calls to the Purdue Extension office have prompted me to re-visit a topic I have written about before: bees or wasps that form an elaborate nest and function as a colony. We call them “social” ...

It's peak season for wasp populations, according to local experts. Rochester Beekeepers have been getting a lot of calls saying, "I got bees. Come and get them," Pat Bono, the group organizer, said.

Converting vacant urban lots into greenspaces can reduce blight and improve neighborhoods, and new research shows that certain types of such post-industrial reclamation efforts offer the added bonus ...

Whenever I asked students to tell me how insects were ecologically important, two of the most common responses were “as plant pollinators” and “some insects were vectors/carriers of diseases.” It ...

Wondercide provides a visual guide for seasonal stingers. Enjoy eating outside this fall by covering food so wasps can't forage on food. They're predatory insects looking for protein and sweets.