Solitary bees lay their eggs on balls of pollen mixed with nectar, walling them up into separate compartments in their nest ...

Out of over 20,000 bee species worldwide, most of us are probably familiar with worker bees that live in hives and nests, ...

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...

What you might not expect is that the grand majority of bee species do not produce honey or even live in hives. Roughly 77% of the bees on earth are classified as solitary. This classification exists ...

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

Two species that come to life early in the year ... Look a little closer and you will likely see mining bees. Mining bees are solitary insects that sometimes nest in large aggregations." ...

There are more than 4,000 species of ground and twig nesting ... mason bees and polyester bees — lead a solitary life. What do these bees need and how can we support them? In our home gardens ...