With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as ...
Garden bees are tremendously important pollinators of plants, commercial crops, and native vegetation. There are over 4,000 ...
When most people think of bees, they picture honey bees buzzing around a hive. But honey bees are just a small part of a much ...
It’s a question that has sparked the curiosity of scholars and bee lovers for decades: how many species of bees are there in the world? This might, at first, seem like a silly question. But it is a ...
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 ...