"Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are helping to protect honey bee populations while developing new strategies for managing fire ant populations. Honey bees are a vital part of pollinating our crops, while fire ants – an invasive species -- pose a major threat to humans, animals, and U.S. agriculture..."
Photo caption/credit: side-by-side comparison of red imported fire ants with no wing deformities and red imported fire ants with wing deformities. (Photos by Godfrey P. Miles, ARS)