While there are thousands of wasp types, they’re usually separated into two categories: Social wasps that live in nests ...

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 ...

The European hornet (Vespa crabro) made up 6%, while two rarer species were also ... are the size of honey bees, with black and bright yellow markings. They build nests in the ground, logs or ...

But you may be more familiar with the black and yellow social species. Colonies of social wasps are considered annoying pests - they often nest in manmade structures and deal out painful stings if you ...

and paper wasps are two types of social wasps found in Minnesota. Honeybees and bumblebees are social bees found in Minnesota. Wasps commonly nest on buildings or in retaining walls, trees ...