We don't really do "big" in the UK, so as you might expect there ... impressive nests in the NHM's collection. "Wasps probably gave us the idea for paper," he says. They chew up wood and build ...

Building a small nest of just a few paper cells, the queen must rear ... Indeed, it has been estimated that the social wasps of the UK might account for 14 million kilograms of insect prey across ...

THE communities of the paper wasp, like those of other social inseets of the family, consist of three kinds of individuals—males, females and workers. The colonies only exist for a single season ...

THE Ally Pally wasp has become a recurring character, not unlike a pantomime villain, who turns up to wreak havoc at the World Darts Championship. This infamous insect has gained notoriety for its ...

We had a wasp nest made of this delicate paper in the roof space of our house at Heacham, which we left in place until long ...

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 ...