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" ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WKBN) — Did you know that honey bees are not native to the United States? While some non-native insects, like the invasive ...

In recent days, there have been some unnerving headlines about "killer bees" making their way across the United States. As reported by USA TODAY, several incidents involving the bees have taken place ...

The majority of the earth’s plant species, including our crop plants, rely on the services of animal pollinators in order to reproduce. Honey bees and other pollinating insects annually contribute ...

Thousands of native bee species buzz about our continent, tending to our gardens and ecosystems. Some are obvious, like chunky bumblebees. Others are harder to spot, like tiny fairy bees. “Native bees ...

For a long time, insects have barely registered in environmental law. Even as scientists warned that pollinators were disappearing and food systems were becoming more fragile, bees and other insects ...

Kit Prendergast received funding from the federal government's Bushfire Recovery Grant to undertake this research project, and from Flow Hive to write the research paper. She was previously a member ...

Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a significant threat to native California bees and other pollinators, according to a study published by UC San Diego biologists Monday.