An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

Also called mining or digger bees, ground bees are a varied group of solitary bees that nest in the ground. Common types of ground bees include leafcutter, sweat, mason, cellophane, and plasterer ...

Nest in the ground. Holes are excavated by the female, just like sweat bees. Range greatly in size but most are about 1-1.5 centimeters in length. Body type long and thin. Active mostly in Spring in ...

"They get the name mason bees due to the way they use clay to make partitions for their nests and seal the entrance." Mining ...