bumblebees, sweat bees, squash bees, digger bees, orchard mason bees, shaggy fuzzyfoot bees, and hornfaced bees. There are more than 3,500 species of solitary bees in North America. These efficient ...

The Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee has a unique life cycle. Like cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species ...

Bumblebees get their name from the word bumble, which means to buzz, hum, or move about awkwardly or indistinctly. All 250 ...

Bees prefer yellow flowers to red ones, reveals new research. And the findings may eventually lead to higher-yielding crops, ...

Among all these pollinators, bumble bees are some of the largest and most familiar insects to us. You might be surprised to learn that we’ve documented 22 species of bumble bees in Alaska ...

Most native bee species simply don’t measure up. Take bumblebees, for example. There are at least 24 bumblebee species native to Colorado, 20 percent of which are endangered. While a honey bee ...

Plugging holes can work, but only if the bee has been taken care of; otherwise, it will just make another hole. If you've noticed some large bees hovering around your backyard wooden deck or ...

Two species that come to life early in the year are bumblebees and miner bees. "Due to their larger size and fuzzy bodies, bumblebee queens are some of the first bees to emerge from their ...

For decades a popular myth persisted that bee flight was impossible, but high-speed photography has revealed the secret ...

A carpenter bee on decking wood is seen in this file photo. Here’s what to do if you’re finding them tunneling into your Kentucky property this spring and summer. CB Strickland Getty Images ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -While honey bees nest in trees and bumble bees nest in the ground, carpenter bees nest in wood. Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood. They get their name ...