Missouri and Kansas are home to approximately 400 different bee species. Some residents are turning their yards and balconies ...

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" ...

Native bees cannot be hosts of varroa mite, according to the CSIRO. And while not all native species pollinate agricultural ...

“When California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout its entire length, north and south and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the ocean,” wrote John Muir in 1894’s “The ...

Bees are in a late-season frenzy to fill their home pantries with nectar and pollen, they shake and move to make their quotas ...

EL PASO, Texas -- If you are a classical music fan, you've most likely heard of the fast-paced composition of "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The piece was written back in ...

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 ...

Native squash bees, efficient pollinators new to the Pacific Northwest, make pumpkins—and your jack-o’-lanterns—possible.

Workers upgrading Cairns' popular Red Arrow walking trail discovered 22 native bee hives hidden in old timber steps, prompting a rescue mission. Cairns Regional Council was almost two months into the ...

A local authority has taken delivery of its first jars of honey that it produced from a beehive on the roof of its city ...

Cairns Regional Council was almost two months into the $1.24 million upgrade when it discovered 22 native bee hives in the old timber sleeper steps they were removing. Local beekeeper Zac Petersen is ...