About 30% of California’s native bees live above ground. These bees nest in old trees in the wild, but in urban landscapes, a bee house can provide similar habitat. These bee houses can be made of ...

Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

When we think of livestock, we might think of cattle and sheep. But what about honey bees? In Virginia, both honey bees and ...

Many people conflate all bees together, but native solitary bees are actually very different from honeybees. Solitary bees are native, while honeybees are introduced species. Honeybees in Arizona are ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

This spring, I was getting scared because I saw so few bees in any of the gardens I visited. Finally in early May, whew! Bees of many kinds began to appear, along with many other insect pollinators.