Is That A Bee Or A Yellow Jacket?
It’s easy to confuse bees and Yellow Jackets. At a quick glance, they look very much alike, but knowing how to tell the two species apart can be useful when determining if you have an infestation on your property. If a bee is buzzing around your garden, odds are that it is just pollinating, but […]
Nuisance Sweat Bees Will Damage Your Lawn, Deliver Painful Stings, And Cluster On Your Body To Drink Your Sweat
While many bee species inflict painful stings that may be dangerous to those with an allergy to arthropod venoms, the insects are generally well appreciated by humans due to their natural habit of pollinating agricultural crops and beautiful flowers. However, wasps do not get the same treatment, despite the fact that wasp species also contribute […]
Bee Droppings Rained Down On An Entire Neighborhood And Several Legendary Movie Stars
When it comes to the unpleasant effects that bees can have on humans, the painful and sometimes dangerous stings that they inflict is the first, and only thing that comes to people’s mind. With the exception of the occasional bee sting, what’s not to like about bees? After all, much of the plant life that […]
Bee Swarms In Public Areas Are Mostly Caused By Amateur Beekeepers
Many local governments in the United States and elsewhere have considered banning the practice of beekeeping in suburban areas, as many residents of suburban towns have complained about the threats that their neighbor’s beekeeping operation poses to other nearby residents. It is not uncommon for individuals to raise bees within their own hives, but many […]
Bees May Be The Earliest Representatives Of Conscious Awareness
For centuries, philosophers pondered over the origin of consciousness, and whether or not the capacity for objectivite thought and self-awareness is shared by other animals. Evolutionary biologists typically refer to primate evolution in order to trace the development of consciousness with some degree of accuracy. Considering that humans, as well as their close hominid ancestors, […]
