There are 7,000 species of wasps living in the UK, nine of which build nests to house a colony. Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to ...

The handful of colony-living, nest-building species is just a tiny fraction of overall wasp diversity, estimated at more than 9,000 species in the UK alone. Most wasps are solitary, some are tiny ...

When you consent to data collection on AMP pages you are consenting to allow us to display personalised ads that are relevant to you when you are outside of the UK ... 10 huge wasp nests from ...

We don't really do "big" in the UK, so as you might expect there ... he's shown me some of the most impressive nests in the NHM's collection. "Wasps probably gave us the idea for paper," he ...

as the sugary secretions provided by wasp larvae in the nest will no longer be available to them as these larvae will have matured. This change, alongside the breaking down of the social order of ...

After building a small nest, the new queen lays eggs of the first workers ... Since 2016, there have also been annual sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, in the UK. This wasp is ...

There is another reason to celebrate wasps, though: their nests, which are always magnificent feats of papery invertebrate architecture. Although the quarters of some species are hidden in the ground ...

A dried-out wasp nest is believed to have caused a fire in ... Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp ...

The following day, Mrs. Sorscher noticed another two wasps. “This is very strange,” she said to her husband. “There must be a nest somewhere,” Mr. Sorscher replied. “I’ll look outside ...

Wasps construct nests in dry, warm ... each summer, wasps in the UK capture about 14 million kilograms of insects such as ...

Wasp stings are no joking matter. This time of year, stinging insects are fierce. You might come across a yellow jacket hive or hornet nest nest anywhere in your yard, beneath your deck ...

as the sugary secretions provided by wasp larvae in the nest will no longer be available to them as these larvae will have matured. This change, alongside the breaking down of the social order of the ...