The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...

Florida’s native bees come in all shapes and sizes, often with their own quirks. Blueberry bees gravitate toward their namesake, blueberry plants.

Andony Melathopoulos takes a seat and flips on the harsh light to his microscope. He places a bee under the lens and peers through, adjusting the focus for a clear view. Melathopoulos, an associate ...

A native bee sits on a purple flower on the left, while a honey bee sits on a yellow flower on the right. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native bees can bounce back ...

New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should ...

Entomologists have discovered a new species of mining bee that has an unusually tight relationship with cenizo, the official ...

Without them, many fruits, vegetables, and flowering plants would struggle. Yet, bee populations are under threat.

Smoke pours over the colony of bees, dousing the air in a sweet, earthy smell of burning wood. Drake Elting holds the smoker ...

Several long-lost species, turned up by citizen-scientists with nets and specimen jars, had not been seen in Washington for a ...

Native bee habitats are declining, but your garden can be a bright spot.

A new volunteer-based team is seeking out information on what bees exist in Washington, revealing hundreds of species in the ...