News tagged with yellowjacket wasps

Commercial trap for wasps, hornets and yellowjackets 'baited' with new technology

Forget the ants marching one by one--yellowjackets are the real party-crashers when it comes to spoiling picnics, outdoor barbeques and other summer fun where cold beverages and meat are present.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New life histories emerge for invasive wasps, magnify ecological harm

A switch from annual to multiyear colonies and a willingness to feed just about any prey to their young have allowed invasive yellowjacket wasps to disrupt native populations of insects and spiders on two ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Communal living of the insect kind

The social lives of ants, wasps and bees have long been a puzzle to scientists. How did complex insect societies — colonies ruled by a queen and many workers — come to be? A new model adds to discontent ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Wasps and bumble bees heat up, fly faster with protein-rich food

Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists at UC San Diego have found. Wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat, a separate experiment has shown.

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created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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