Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, report in a new study in the journal PNAS that the symbiosis of beewolves with ...

Scientists from the Universities of Regensburg and Mainz and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered that the eggs of the European beewolf produce nitric oxide. The gas prevents the ...

For a new twist on child care, consider the wasp called the European beewolf. The mom leaves a smear of bacteria near each of her eggs as protection against the perils of youth. This wasp carries an ...

THIS is Graeco-Roman wrestling, insect-style. In a battle between a wasp and a bee, most would be on the bee’s side. But you at least have to admire the wasp on this occasion. The insect on the left ...

Here we report on the isolation and identification of nine antibiotic substances from the natural environment (beewolf cocoons) and document their in situ spatial distribution using imaging mass ...

The beewolf larva hibernates for several months in its cocoon before the adult insect hatches. Antibiotics on the surface of the cocoon, produced by symbionts, guarantee protection against microbial ...

A wasp’s antenna is an odd place to find a medicine cabinet, but that is where some of these insects keep their drugs. Gene analysis may unlock the cabinet for our future use. Beewolf wasps, named for ...

The beewolf offspring and the bees are constantly threatened by mold fungi, which quickly form in the moist soil of the brood cell and severely limit the storage life of the larva’s food source. From ...

Scientists have discovered that the eggs of the European beewolf produce nitric oxide. The gas prevents the larvae's food from getting moldy in the warm and humid brood cells. Food stored in warm and ...

Food stored in warm and humid conditions gets moldy very quickly und thus becomes inedible or even toxic. To prevent this, we use refrigerators and freezers as well as various other methods of ...