Learn important facts about native bees. Plant your garden with native bees in mind and help these powerful pollinators ...

Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees and bumblebees, often live in hives or nests, above or below the ground, while most ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed this week to add the Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee to the federal list, which would ...

The species she came across belongs to the genus Diadasia, which are considered solitary bees. This means that, unlike honeybees for example, they do not build hives and live as a collective. Instead, ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

The study found larger species that nest early generally do better, while smaller bees and birds that nest later in the year lose out in the struggle for habitat. For example, the chaffinch is ...

The pooches are trained to detect bumblebee nests in the ground and help researchers better understand the bees’ habitat needs, identify threats to their survival, and guide conservation efforts.