Only 10% of these species are social bees, like honey bees and bumblebees. The other 90% are solitary bees. Many of us may ...

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

And the honeybee, for all the golden deliciousness it pro­duces, does very poorly compared to solitary bees when it comes to pollinating American native plants such as pumpkins, cherries, blueberries, ...

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 ...

Most of the UK's bees are solitary species. Some of these important pollinators seek out pre-existing spaces, such as old beetle holes in wood, for their nests. They lay their eggs in these spaces and ...

This would be the first native, solitary bee in the continental United States to be protected under the Act. Although it once thrived across much of the Mojave Desert, the quarter-inch-long, ...

There are more than 250 bee species in the UK, including many different solitary bees which live alone, to bumblebees that live in nests, and honeybees that live in hives managed by beekeepers. Bees, ...