Sweat bees are a species of bee that live alone in underground hives or nests. Female sweat bees can sting people. As their name suggests, they’re attracted to people’s sweat (but they eat pollen from ...

As you swat away blackflies this summer, look closely; it may be that not all those bugs are flies. Some of them might be tiny sweat bees, members of the Halictidae family, which gets its common name ...

Entomologists have documented that a common species of native sweat bee feeds on the same plant species in a given area repeatedly, making it a reliable pollinator. Because the bee can thrive in ...

Bee stings hurt like hell, but there’s reason to consider yourself lucky if a venomous prick is the worst you’ve suffered from bees. Last week, Taiwan’s CTS news channel reported that a 29-year-old ...