Yellow jackets are wasps whose annual colonies peak in late summer. A sourced guide to identifying the main U.S. species, finding nests, why they get aggressive, and what to do, from university extension sources.
Ground bees are gentle native bees that nest in bare soil for a few weeks, mostly in spring. How to tell them from yellowjackets, whether to worry, and the extension-backed ways to move them on.
Most social wasps die off in late autumn at the first hard frosts, and only newly mated queens survive the winter. Timing by species and region, whether nests are reused, and what to do about a nest.
Most bee pollen benefits come from lab and animal studies, and most human trials tested pollen extracts rather than granules. Here is what the evidence shows, who should avoid it, and the FDA warnings on tainted diet pills.
Every hornet is a wasp, but the bald-faced hornet is a yellowjacket and only the European hornet is an established true hornet in the U.S. A side-by-side comparison of size, nests, stings and danger from university extension and state agriculture sources.
An apiary is a place where beehives are kept, also called a bee yard. This guide covers word origin, apiary vs hive, state legal definitions, size and types.
Honey is safe for most healthy adult dogs in small, occasional amounts. This guide gives vet-sourced serving sizes by dog size, the dogs that should skip it, a label check for xylitol, and what the evidence says about allergies, cough, itchy skin and wounds.
Glue and nail the four parts, check for square, then fit the foundation and re-nail the wedge. Sources agree on the order and disagree on nail counts, so here is each one's pattern side by side.
Whether you can keep bees with a bee sting allergy depends on the reaction you have had. What US allergy guidelines say about testing, venom immunotherapy, epinephrine and never working bees alone.