There are over 4,000 native bee species and many are in decline. Here are beneficial types of garden bees that need a boost from gardeners.

A bumblebee lands on the flowers of a white sloe bush. Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images Stephen Buchmann, University of Arizona As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from ...

Several long-lost species, turned up by citizen-scientists with nets and specimen jars, had not been seen in Washington for a ...

Thousands of years ago, an owl’s messy leftovers became prime real estate for some very determined bees. Deep inside a cave ...

A new book follows the insects through rain and shine and highlights the unique behaviors of each bee in a colony ...

Washington Bee Atlas found 17 bee species never before recorded in Washington and 12 more species not documented in the state ...

Most people picture bees as hard workers gathering pollen and building nests. Many species do exactly that. But a surprising ...

It might feel too risky to get up close to a nest in your yard. Tell the different between a wasp and bee habitat at a glance ...

The race is on to keep Hawaii's native bees from vanishing. Seven of Hawaii's yellow-faced bee species are now officially protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, a step that will allow ...

Pollination, the movement of pollen from the anther (male) of one flower to the pistil (female) of another flower is ...