Freya Marie Jackson received funding from the Australian Entomological Society (AES) through their "Small Grant Award", which supported some of this research on native bees. Additionally, she has ...

Question: Is there anything I can use to keep ground bees away? I just found out I’m allergic to them last summer. Answer: The majority of native bees are solitary and ground nesting. They are docile, ...

Relatively little is known about the nesting requirements of ground-nesting wild bees, although nesting sites are of central importance for most wild bee species. There are almost 600 wild bee species ...

The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

The University of Kentucky Department of Entomology receives several calls a year from growers concerned about ground-nesting or digger bees in their gardens. There are many different species of these ...