Ants, Bees & Wasps

Large carpenter bee with iridescent blue wings resting on wooden surface.

Bumblebee feeding among lavender flowers.

Honey bee collecting nectar from lavender flowers.

A solitary mason wasp feeding from a pink zinnia flower. Unlike social paper wasps, mason wasps live alone and build small mud nests where they provision their larvae with caterpillars and other insects. They are important natural predators and valuable pollinators.

A small ant carrying food across a weathered wooden surface. Ants are among the most successful insects on Earth, living in highly organized colonies where workers cooperate to gather food, defend the nest, and care for their young.