Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields ...

For information about the status of pollinators in southern BC, you might be interested in a report former ... their pollen under their abdomen (notice the picture lower left). Mason bees use mud in ...

Mason Bees Are Solitary: Each female lays her own eggs, builds her nest, and gathers food. No hive, no queen, no honey—this makes them non-aggressive and they do not sting. They Hibernate in ...

(In fact, the USDA named the mason bee a "pollinator-of-the-month.") But farmers still rely on the honeybee, in part because these bees live in large hives that can be picked up and moved to ...