Hymenoptera

Information sheet from the University of Arizona. A single page describing the range of wild pollinating bees.

Provides identification, images and information.

Facts on behavior, nectar sources, nests and management. From North Carolina State University.

Information from Wikipedia on this parasitic wasp used as a natural pesticide to control whitefly populations in greenhouses.

Article on those workers that remove dead bees from the hive, from Illinois University research.

Descriptions of the common species, with more detailed accounts of the giant and dwarf honeybees, Apis dorsata and Apis florea.

Research project by Colin Natrop on this domesticated insect including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.

Photographs and information on this insect.

Why Argentine Ants invade homes in Southern California.

Photograph and information on Megachile sculpturalis from the Virginia Cooperative Extension.

Photographs of Anthidium manicatum, description, life history and habits.

Photographs, description, life history and habits.

Information from Wikipedia on this family of scoliid wasps which are believed to be beneficial as their larvae feed on beetle larvae in the ground.

A photograph and description of this wasp.

Article by Maurice Smith with photographs of the stinging apparatus and a description of how a sting is inflicted.

Photographs of adult and larvae, with information on symptoms and a description of this pest of alfalfa.

Information on these bees, their distribution, identification, biology and economic importance.

Biology, identification and control of white-footed ants.

Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.