More than two dozen new and rare bee species were documented during the first year of a new Washington state project that’s designed to get a better understanding of the insects. The Washington State ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — New research on native bees could help Oregon farmers, support pollinators and boost public knowledge about wild bees. Oregon State University researchers this February released the ...

It is important to learn about and conserve bees and other pollinators. Without pollinators, many flowering plants could not reproduce and at least one-third of our food plants, from tomatoes and ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists have announced a plan to map the genomes of at least 100 bee species, representing each of the major bee taxonomic groups in the U.S., ...

Worldwide, there are over 20,000 bee species in seven Families. Some commonly encountered and recognizable genera in eastern North America are described below. Since 2006, when large die-offs of honey ...

As the spring season commences, insects have emerged from their winter homes to do their part to pollinate the environment. While Georgia Tech is of course home to yellow jackets, it’s also home to ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- If you see bees nesting around certain public plazas and open streets around the city in the future, just know that's their "hotel" or "bunker". Those hotels and bunkers are coming ...

A rare bee species called the diadasia nitidifrons collected by a Washington Bee Atlas volunteer in Yakima County. This bee was last documented in Washington in 1919. Courtesy Washington Bee Atlas / ...