There are over 100,000 species of wasps, each with different habits and life cycles. Wasps are important pollinators and help control harmful insects that destroy food crops. Drones or worker wasps ...

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When most of us think of wasps, we automatically think of noisy insects whose stings hurt badly. They sting just like bees, however, unlike a bee, a wasp can continue to sting you over and over again.

A queen in a paperwasp colony largely stays in the dark. The worker wasps, who fly outside to seek food and building materials, see much more of the world around them. A new study indicates that the ...