You're not imagining it – there's been an uptick in wasps of late. Warmer weather and peak nest season mean they’re out in force, leaving us batting them away from our al fresco meals or staying ...

Late summer and early fall are when bees and wasps are most active, and most likely to sting. For most people, a sting is a painful annoyance. But for an estimated two million Americans, a sting can ...

Being outside in spring and summer is terrific, but it does come with the risk of bee and wasp stings. It is important to know how to treat stings, what to watch for, and even better, steps you can ...

It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and that means sun, sea, and wasps. A lot of us have been taught to fear wasps as aggressive insects that exist only to make our lives a misery. But with ...

Despite the glorious arrival of summer, there’s definitely a sting in the season’s tail – quite literally. Even in the UK, it’s not just sunburn we need to watch out for. From nettles to jellyfish, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Bees and flowers go together like, well, bee stings and pain. While bee stings always hurt, they can affect people differently. For some, it can be ...

It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern on the back of the thorax) are making themselves known. The males, ...

The mother of one of your patients comes urgently into your clinic after the acute onset of severe pain involving the middle finger of her right hand. She was bringing her toddler in for a routine ...

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) resulting from wasp and bee stings is a clinically significant yet relatively uncommon complication of Hymenoptera envenomation. The pathophysiology involves a complex ...