Insects of the order Hymenoptera, which includes ants, bees, hornets, wasps, and yellow jackets, have a stinging apparatus at the tail end of their abdominal segment and are capable of delivering ...

Despite this seeming limitation, modern research has revealed that the ants rummaging in your pantry are further enlightened ...

Hymenoptera venom allergic reaction. Hymenoptera stings may cause systemic reactions of varying severity up to fatal anaphylaxis. Several new factors influencing the severity of hymenoptera sting ...

The Museum houses one of the largest collections of Hymenoptera in the world. The collection is of global cultural, scientific and historic significance and comprises of approximately 3.5 million ...

The Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) are one of the most species rich and diverse groups of living organisms on the planet. Within insects, the order is probably rivalled in size only by the Diptera ...

The insect order Hymenoptera -- wasps, bees, ants and relatives -- is the third most diverse animal group, but its origin remains controversial. Fossils from Permian beds of Russia demonstrate ...

Sex determination in hymenoptera. Genotypes and sexual fate under the system of complementary sex determination found in many hymenopteran species (ants, bees, wasps, sawflies).

Microplitis similis Lyle (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a solitary endoparasitic braconid that generally parasitizes larvae of Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and many other noctuid ...

Unlike other species in the order Hymenoptera, cow killer ants don’t live in colonies, hives, or nests. They’re solitary, meeting up with other wasps only to mate.

Hymenoptera deliver between 50 ng (fire ants) and 50 μg (bees) of venom with each sting. 2,3 The venoms in hymenoptera contain vasoactive amines, including histamine and dopamine, as well as ...