Bee insect bees flower flowers 86. Pesticide exposure and pathogens may interact to have strong negative effects on managed honey bee colonies. Lemon balm is a refreshingly humble member of the mint family which means like its spicier cousins it is a vigorous grower. Wasps as a group do not form a clade but are paraphyletic with respect to bees and ants. The most commonly known wasps such as yellowjackets and hornets are in the family vespidae and are eusocial living together in a nest.
Such findings are of great concern given the large numbers and high levels of pesticides found in honey bee colonies. Unlike most other bee species western honey bees have perennial colonies which persist year after year.