insects

  • Researchers Could Lure Murder Hornets to Their Deaths with Sex

    Researchers Could Lure Murder Hornets to Their Deaths with Sex

    Birds do it, bees do it — even the wasps that kill bees do it. A clever team of scientists now has an idea to use the Asian giant hornets’ horniness against them, in hopes of stopping the invasive species from decimating U.S. bee populations. They’ve identified the sex pheromones of the queen and propose…


  • The Genetics Behind Bees’ Black and Yellow Butts

    The Genetics Behind Bees’ Black and Yellow Butts

    If you’re close enough to a bumblebee to see the order of its stripes, you’re probably too close to it. But lucky for you, a team of geneticists recently did a more highfalutin version of that task, analysing several species of bee to suss out what causes different species of the insect to get different…