Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most people think of bees, they think of honeybees living in hives; but do you recognize native bees? Most native bees are ...

The first is the blue-banded bee (Amegilla asserta) because it's big in both body size and popularity. There's the less ...

When you think ‘bees,’ you probably think of a neat stack of white hive boxes and the jars of honey on the store shelves. But there’s a lot more to bees than the agricultural staple, the European ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve done a lot with my backyard to make it much more pollinator- and hummingbird-friendly. I’m planning to make it an even better habitat for native bees by including more native plants ...

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" ...