Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers ...

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

The western bumble bee, once common in Washington State, is now facing a significant population decline due to disease and ...

While the carpenter and bumble bees were the most obvious visitors to the lupines, a closer look revealed a host of activity ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...

Insects buzzed among the blooming wildflowers at Mosier Gulch Recreation Area on a sunny afternoon in early June.

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 ...

Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues novice bee enthusiasts can rely on to help them properly identify these bees from each other. Known for ...

Four Bees, One Future: Why Saving California's Bumble Bees Matters to Us All On a warm spring day in California's Central Valley, a small bumble bee lands on a purple lupine blossom. With its fuzzy ...

They’re about 3/4 to 1 inch long with shiny abdomens, not fuzzy back ends like bumble bees. They may look intimidating, but they’re docile bees who are more interested in going about their own bee ...

How To Identify Carpenter Bees Carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica) actually are fascinating native pollinators. They’re about 3/4 to 1 inch long with shiny abdomens, not fuzzy back ends like bumble ...

According to Bolt, native bee species are beautifully varied in their appearance, behaviors, feeding habits and habitats. They can be striped, metallic, fuzzy, thin and rotund, in a spectrum of colors ...