Bees aren't out to get you, but some pack a painful punch if pushed too far. There are over 20,000 bee species worldwide, but here we narrowed it down to the 15 that stand out for their sting strength ...

While most people picture the beloved honeybee when they think about bees, North America actually has 4,000 species of native ...

The survey identified 727 bee species in Idaho. Master melittologist volunteers expect the state has closer to 800, “which indicates we need help to find them,” said Karleen Davis, Idaho Bee ...

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

Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did not lead to the formation of new virus variants.

The world’s largest bee may also be the planet’s most elusive. First discovered in 1859 by the prominent scientist Alfred Russel Wallace, researchers could not locate it again, and it was ...