The sure-fire way to know whether it’s a sweat bee or a corn fly buzzing around is if it stings. The halictid bee stings, but ...

The larvae of most bee fly species lay their eggs in or on other insects, particularly wasps and solitary bees. The larvae then feed on the insect host, usually killing it.

Certain insects - including ladybirds, butterflies and wasps - are thriving after the warmest and sunniest spring on record ...

This odd-looking insect is actually a bee mimic called a bee-fly. There are thousands of different kinds and sizes of bee-flies across the world. Most of them seek nectar to feed upon and are ...

Why do bees in the Amazon risk their own lives to protect the treehopper? And how do the treehoppers ask the bees for help?

But flying around in the open leaves hoverflies vulnerable to predators, a problem they have solved by evolving to resemble the stinging, pollinating insects such as bees and wasps with which they ...