Bees are not only pollinators, without whom our world wouldn't be the same. They are also other incredible architects in the insect world! Like termites and wasps, they build their nests through hard work.

The insect world is full of builders capable of creating precise structures. One such example is wasps. Their delicate nests, constructed cell by cell, protect the queen and new generations of young.

Over the next four weeks, we'll be introducing you to Six-Legged Engineers—insects that mastered construction techniques long before humans. In the final article in this series, we'll explore one such structure—larger than a human, which you can see at our exhibition. We won't reveal the structure now, but some of you may already have an idea.

Everyone's heard of a zipper (no, it's not the super-fast building with towers), but have you heard of a lightning bolt? Probably not, because that name just popped into our heads when we decided to tell you about fulgurites (fulgurite is actually the common name in science).

Clover, soybean, broad bean, black locust, pea, bean, lupine, lentil, vetch, pea, licorice, broom, alfalfa – these are names that we probably associate with specific plants known from the meadow, garden, park or, in many cases, from the kitchen (legumes).