A study led by Penn State reveals that managed honey bees, along with urbanization, impact six native bee genera in Maryland, ...
The Ground Nesting Bees project has surpassed 5,000 observations, a laudable milestone for the citizen science project.
Bee hotels are used in gardens to provide nesting chambers for mason bees and increase pollination, but many people don't ...
Peg Friese, an environmental educator in Chester County and one of the beeple, figures that about 2,000 of those were bees ...
You know honeybees make honey, but did you know they make bread too? And four other types of bees are also dedicated chefs!
In Chester County, Friese has also stopped raking autumn leaves, using chemicals or spreading mulch, which can make it difficult for ground-nesting bees to dig tunnels. Szakal, who was already ...
getting rid of bees is a priority. Ground bee nests can also become home to colonies of aggressive wasps (such as yellow jackets) that nest in the ground. Luckily, removing ground nesting bees ...
About 70% of our native bees are ground-nesters. The remaining 30% nest in fresh or dried stems and wood, existing tunnels made by boring beetles or insects, rock cavities, or (in the case of ...
Bees usually spend a lot of time flying from flower so you would never expect them to nest in the ground. Here are 6 types that prefer to build their homes safely underground. Final Polls Are Out ...