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Royal gardens: how queen bees and wasps set our backyards abuzz in readiness for summer

By Jennifer Jandt, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago
Connal McLean, Natural History Technician – Invertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Those big bumble bees and wasps you might have seen in your garden are likely the queens preparing their nests and colonies for summer.

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