"It has been uncertain how ants – the world's most successful social insects – are related to bees and wasps," said UC entomology professor Phil Ward.

From perfect coordination to exponential scaling, ants and bees exploit mechanics that most players overlook—until it’s too late. Let’s break down why they’re so broken.

Ants often invade honeybee nests, seeking to steal honey, prey on eggs or kill worker bees. In defence, bees have been known to fan their wings to blow ants away.

A squadron of ants can easily invade a hive, drain its food reserves, and pilfer the bee’s precious eggs. These smaller ants don’t fare well in hand-to-hand combat with bees, but the Japanese ...

To maintain social order, the queen bee is the undisputed centre of attention while workers subordinate their individual interests, including their ability to reproduce, in service to the hive.

Summer is finally returning, and Canadians can get excited for another season of above-average temperatures. While many people across the country can't wait to bask in those rays of sunshine, that ...

“When they bloom in early spring, the flowers are pollinated by bees and wasps. Then, they produce a small fruit, which ants take to their nests and eat.

In the vast realm of insects, certain beetles, mites, and other insects—including bees, ants, and wasps—use a unique system of sex determination known as haplodiploidy. In this system, the sexual ...

So they need to excrete large volumes as well.” [Related: .] Putting the ‘ant’ in antibiotic and chopping legs ...