It’s a question that has sparked the curiosity of scholars and bee lovers for decades: how many species of bees are there in ...

The world has far more bees than anyone realized. Scientists have, for the first time, estimated just how many species of ...

There could be between 3,700 and 5,200 undiscovered bee species buzzing around in the world, according to a new study that offers a “treasure map” for finding new varieties of the pollinators. But ...

When it comes to bees, most people think of the honeybee or maybe a bumblebee, but bees are an incredibly diverse group of insects. With over 20,000 species described around the world, that number has ...

Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart. Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North ...

A photo of a bumblebee found near Kalamazoo, Michigan, was used to confirm the presence of a species rarely seen in recent decades. The photo of the rusty patched bumblebee was reported to iNaturalist ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

A rare bee species’s nest has been spotted in Iowa for the first time since its listing as federally endangered in 2017. The bombus affinis bee nest, more commonly known as the rusty patched bumblebee ...

Only a few years ago during midsummer, an abundance of bumblebees would be buzzing around lush blooms in yards, gardens and farm fields all over Georgia. The fuzzy-looking bees also would be super ...

A native wild bee sanctuary in Co Wicklow has said it will struggle to stay open beyond the end of the month if it cannot ...