If the queen can't find a nest site and gather enough resources, or perishes before workers emerge, the colony will fail before it even gets started. Like butterflies, wasps and bees start life as ...

Some choose to nest underground. The process begins when a queen wasp emerges from hibernation, as she promptly searches for a place to call home. Providing for herself, the queen settles on a ...

Most of the time, wasps mind their own business. “Wasps are pollinators and provide biological controls, preying on pests ...