A whiff of rotting flesh, the flash of a painted eye, a dead-faint to the floor: Nature is full of cunning survival tricks, ...

Question: I try to grow plants to help the pollinators all summer. How do bees survive in the winter? Is there anything I can ...

This study presents an important finding that ant nest structure and digging behavior depend on ant age demographics for a ground-dwelling ant species (Camponotus fellah). By asking whether ants ...

A study led by Penn State reveals that managed honey bees, along with urbanization, impact six native bee genera in Maryland, ...

You know honeybees make honey, but did you know they make bread too? And four other types of bees are also dedicated chefs!

Without pollination, crops worth tens of millions of pounds would be at risk. Honey bees usually prefer to nest in dark ...

Bee hotels are used in gardens to provide nesting chambers for mason bees and increase pollination, but many people don't ...

Some we have called “weeds” may benefit wildlife visiting. They can be used for egg-laying, nesting and nourishing many ...

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies ...

A bumblebee’s brain is smaller than a sesame seed. But it can still accomplish quite a bit.“You don’t need a big brain to learn well,” said Felicity Muth, an assistant professor in the Department of ...

The Ground Nesting Bees project has surpassed 5,000 observations, a laudable milestone for the citizen science project.

Offer bee hotels and undisturbed soil for solitary bees. Plant bee-friendly trees with lots of flowers for many pollinators. Type of Bee Nesting Habit Conservation Status Bumblebees Ground-nesting 28% ...