In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

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” ...

About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls lived in a cave. Sometimes, they would cough up owl pellets containing the bones of their prey, which landed on the cave floor. And, researchers have just ...

With summer comes warm weather, beach trips and those pesky flying insects that can cause a lot of problems. Hornets, wasps and bees can cause damage, create nests and swarm residents and pets when ...

While cleaning fossils retrieved from a cave on a Caribbean island, a researcher noticed something strange in the hollow ...

Bees are frequently associated with large queen-serving colonies featuring hundreds if not thousands of insects. In actuality, that’s usually not the case. “Most bees are solitary. They lay their eggs ...

Paleontologists have discovered the first known fossilized bee nests built inside ancient bones, uncovered in a cave that ...

Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Are you worried about bees and wasps stinging you while gardening? Reader Therese emailed about a bee problem in her small raised bed vegetable garden in Cleveland: “For the last ...

Did you notice a few unwelcome guests trying to steal a sip from your soda can at your Labor Day picnics last weekend? In late August/early September, bees and wasps are highly visible, more ...

Although bees can be helpful for gardens, if they nest and reproduce too close to your house, they can definitely pose a problem as the humans and pets in your home are at risk of getting stung.

Curious where bees and wasps go in winter? Learn how these buzzing insects survive the cold months and what happens to hives and nests until spring.