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 ...

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

Revealing the most interesting or memorable behaviour of any of the multitude of smaller animals without backbones – whether on land, in the air, or in water. Solvin Zankl (Germany) carefully watches ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions There are over 250 species of bee in the UK, of which 178 species ...

Hudson explains, “So, we’re studying solitary ground-nesting bees which are a native bee group that are the most abundant bee group in this area, in the country, and even the world.

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects. As temperatures rise, native ground-nesting bees are among ...