Ant colonies operate as tightly coordinated "superorganisms" with individual ants working together, much like the cells of a body, to ensure their collective health. Researchers at the Institute of ...

Beewolves, a genus of solitary digger wasps, harbor symbiotic bacteria in their antennae. These symbionts produce an antibiotic cocktail of up to 49 different substances that protect their larvae from ...

One wasp larva biting another. (Photo courtesy of Yui ImasakiI and Tomoji Endo) (CN) — Cain and Abel. Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth. Liam and Noel Gallagher. Sibling rivalries are as old as ...

Irvine, Calif., April 20, 2023 — Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have made a remarkable discovery about cellophane bees – their microbiomes are some of the most fermentative known ...

Some wasp larvae take sibling rivalry to a new level by routinely cannibalising their nestmates. Most wasp and bee larvae grow in individual brood cells within a hive. But solitary wasps like ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Bee phylogeny, bee diversity, and the distinction between solitary and social bees -- 3. The solitary bee life cycle -- 4. Alternative male mating tactics : the race to be first ...

The sight and sound of a bumblebee or a honey bee buzzing from flower to flower in an alpine meadow or a roadside planting is calming to many, yet it invokes outright panic in others. This happens ...