When you think of bees, what comes to mind? It might be the sweet taste of honey or an ever present buzzing next to your ear. It may even be the 2007 cinematic masterpiece, “Bee Movie.” What you might ...

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" ...

JACKSONVILLE — Now that we’re well into May, many landscapes are full of blooming plants and the buzz of bees. When you mention bees to most people, images of golden-yellow honey bees come to mind.

A newly emerged male cellophane bee Colletes inaequalis Say at a nesting aggregation in Tenhave Woods Nature Preserve in Royal Oak, Michigan, in 2024. LAWRENCE — The cellophane bee might be the ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Bee phylogeny, bee diversity, and the distinction between solitary and social bees -- 3. The solitary bee life cycle -- 4. Alternative male mating tactics : the race to be first ...

Many people conflate all bees together, but native solitary bees are actually very different from honeybees. Solitary bees are native, while honeybees are introduced species. Honeybees in Arizona are ...

If you enjoy building projects, consider building a hotel, a solitary bee hotel that is. This is an easy winter project for adults and youth and starting next spring it can help valuable pollinators.