Some flowers, like tomatoes and heather, keep their pollen in closed chambers ... looks quite different to a bee – rich and luminous at the center, where yellow pigments combine with ultraviolet ...

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

Most nest in existing holes in wood (some nest in ground). Many will use 'bee condos', or will nest in fence posts or wood siding. Most species around a centimeter in length or so; body type is more ...

hence their bright yellow petals and abundant pollen and nectar supplies. The goldenrod's pollen sticks to the bee's body, moving with it from flower to flower and leading to pollination.

Although it once thrived across much of the Mojave Desert, the quarter-inch-long, yellow-and-black bee is now only found in ... mining and motorized recreational vehicles. The bee is a specialist that ...