News: Bees

Giant Resin Bees, formidable immigrants from East Asia, have transformed North American pollination patterns – but at what cost to native species?

Learn how these tiny masked bees secretly transport pollen and why their unique survival strategy fascinates scientists worldwide.

Witness the extraordinary Violet Carpenter Bee as it carves intricate tunnels in wood and pollinates flowers with remarkable precision.

Unsung heroes of the garden, sand bees create waterproof nests with silk-like secretions while quietly boosting crop yields by up to 40%.

Precious Hawaiian pollinators with striking yellow faces face extinction, but their remarkable adaptation story offers hope for their survival.

Discover how these master carpenter bees excavate perfect tunnels while helping farms thrive as nature’s most efficient buzz pollinators.

Powerful pollinators, Red Mason Bees can match the work of 120 honeybees while performing their unique belly-flopping technique on flowers.

Specialized desert pollinators, cactus bees possess remarkable adaptations that enable them to harvest pollen and increase fruit production by 300%.

Get to know these hairy engineering marvels that build underground cities and power our ecosystems through specialized pollination techniques.

Learn how wool carder bees skillfully harvest plant fibers and aggressively defend their territory while playing a crucial role in pollination.

Solitary mining bees burrow intricate underground nests while playing a vital yet often overlooked role in global food production.

These remarkable pollinators, known for their unusually long antennae, hold surprising secrets about nature’s most efficient crop-boosting insects.

Beyond their missing stingers, these tiny tropical bees guard billion-dollar secrets that could revolutionize our understanding of insect societies.

When it comes to alfalfa pollination, this metallic-banded native bee outperforms honeybees and can boost seed yields by 70%.

This metallic-blue native bee outperforms honeybees at pollinating orchards, but its remarkable survival strategy might surprise you.