We have a maple tree and wasps are often attracted to it. I would love to know the reason why.
Pine trees are very fragrant and have sweet sap. This is the reason you will find bees such as yellow jacket wasps attracted to pine trees.
No. I have even had silicone sealant in a hive and the bees ignored it.
Primarily, wasps are attracted to the honey inside the hive. However wasps will also go for lone or weak bees for food. Wasps may also go directly after the brood (bee larvae) in a bee hive.
Ants, bees, wasps, and flies are attracted to sugar. Sugar water may also attract butterflies and moths.
No, bees aren't attracted to fruit in the way wasps are. That is why wasp traps are best baited with fruit or fruit jam, then they don't catch bees.
Bees are attracted to palm trees when they are in bloom (flowering). Bees are naturally attracted to flowers, as flower's pollen is their energy source.
hey sting you, unlike a bee, over and over and over again if they can. They are wasps, (yellowjackets), not bees and are attracted to protein and sugars.
No they are not. Bees and Wasps are two separate species.
Wasps ARE faster than bees.
Bees typically do not sting fruit, but they will feed on decaying fruit. Wasps are also attracted to fruit that is decaying due to the sugars in the fruit.
Some of the things they are attracted to are: Perfume Bright colors Food Garbage Fruit trees Flailing (running around, swinging your arms, swatting, etc.) Also for some reason they are attracted to the color black, they will sting any living thing that is black, or if you are wearing clothes they will sting you where you are wearing black, I unfortunately know this from experience, and it can't be denied that wasps are attracted to black, which is why beekeepers wear white.
It is not a good idea to water flowers when bees are around. They may feel attacked and sting you.