These parasites are found throughout the social Hymenoptera (i.e., bees, wasps and ants), and have been most intensely studied in ants. The social parasitism that I address here is restricted to ...

All potter wasp species belong to the subfamily Eumeninae and make up a majority — about 3794 species worldwide and 189 ...

Most hymenoptera are not eusocial, but this social system has arisen multiple times within the group. It is found in some bees (Apidae) and wasps (Ross & Matthews 1991) — with separate origins ...

Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from flowers to dead animals, says University of ...