Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

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

I’ll zoom in on it. Look at that. Wow. Sweat bees of the most amazing colors. She’s blue, but it’s like very dark, metallic blue. Veit: Exactly. Metallic, like gun barrel blue or something ...

Why do bees need to sleep in flowers if they have hives and nests they can go home to? Why do they look passed out? Click ...

The four newly-recorded orchid bees vary in color, ranging from “brilliant metallic green or green-blue,” to “blue-violet,” to yellow, according to the study. All four species have ...

Only ten percent of bees in North America form colonies such as bumble bees, sweat bees, and the non-native honeybee. In New England, the other 90% — such as carpenter bees, leafcutter bees ...

Metallic is the new black, at least when it comes to spring’s covetable new accessories. Whether you go full silver, gold, or bronze, or stick to metallic accents here and there, there’s no ...

The fronticarinalis cockroach wasp has a “bright metallic blue-green” body covered with “punctures,” or marks that look like tiny dents, researchers said. Ampulex fronticarinalis is one of ...

Seven years later, Josh Sweat still feels the weight of that old label. He had to wait, watching on TV, as 129 players were selected before him in the 2018 draft. One day of patience turned into ...