When most people think of bees, they think of honeybees living in hives; but do you recognize native bees? Most native bees are solitary, living in a hole inside a tree, a hollow plant stem, or ...

Spring has finally arrived in the U.S., bringing its bright spectacle of budding trees and migrating birds, along with more subtle but equally important changes—among them, the first emergence of ...

Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

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 ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary enthusiasts, native species are finally getting the buzz they deserve By Susan ...

Seven years ago, Andrea Montoya took her grandson to play in Boulder Creek – and her life changed forever. “My husband said, ‘Did you see that structure over there? That’s called a bee house,'” ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...

Gardner said that collecting bees hasn’t been shown to have any impact on insect population sizes. Pesticide use, climate change, agricultural intensification and urbanization all have a far greater ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native bees can bounce back ...

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Well, we blinked, and now it’s August, usually the dog days of summer, a.k.a. SoCal’s hottest temps of the year, when your zucchini go into hyperdrive and your tomatoes stop producing because it’s ...