Wasps and hornets are often mistaken for each other. Wasps, however, are normally more colorful and smaller than hornets. Their sting is also far less aggressive and painful than hornets and far less likely to kill you when a swarm attacks. However, both insects are incredibly dangerous and deadly and if you have them on […]

  Bumblebees are quite different from carpenter bees in every way down to evolution. Bumblebees are generally not aggressive. Not like African Honey Bees. They tend to remain around flowers wetting themselves with pollen and depositing it back at the nest. They are fat and stripped with yellow and black. They are not a big

Toronto is not alone in the world in having a lot of wasps. Some Asian countries have to deal with much worse stinging insects that are far more lethal than our basic wasps and hornets. Our pleasure and the reason our insects are so much less dangerous is their limited time to function in the

Carpenter bees may nest together but they are fundamentally solitary creaturs. The males will mate with the females and will remain to defend the nest, even though they have no stinger. And the females will burrow to make a nest, lay the egg, feed the egg, and seal up the area with chewed wood pulp.

Carpenter bees are not quite bees in the literal sense. They are something else. They tunnel and make their nests in wood-like Carpenter ants, hence the name, they are very dangerous to the house but are not a threat to humans really and are very necessary pollinators. They make individual partitions in the wood to

Biology and habits of carpenter bees Carpenter bees also are known as borer bees belong to the Genus Xylocopa. There are hundreds of species of bees and many species of carpenter bees. They have named carpenter bees because they bore holes in deadwood to make their nests instead of making a hive in a tree

    Yellowjackets are a type of wasp. They use their camouflaged carapace to blend in with bees to make it easier to kill the hive. These wasps, like most wasps, prefer beehives because they have insect, larva, and honey, three things wasps love to eat. Yellowjackets also commonly live in very large hives of

If there are holes in the wood soffit and you are woken up every morning by woodpeckers then there is a good chance you have carpenter bees. Carpenter bees are a frustrating infestation the destroys your house and risks dangerous bee stings that can activate allergies and result in deadly consequences.  If you suspect a

How do you keep wasps from coming back into your home after investing so much financial resources with little results? Getting rid of wasp initially might seem as easy as using DIY or other natural home remedies until wasp resurfaces. There is always a tendency for the wasp to re-visit a pre-existing nest or area

How do you get rid of a large hornet’s nest considering their behaviour and nesting habits? Hornets are 20 species out of over 550 species of wasps found in Canada and over 30,000 species existing worldwide. Having a clear understanding of hornets and their nesting habits will provide the best opportunity to remove hornets’ nest permanently. Hornets can