A rare bee species has recently been discovered in SC for the first time, according to the SCDNR. It’s only found in a handful of states.

Closeup of a bumblebee on a pink flower - 49pauly/Getty Images Bees are super important — and it's not just the honeybees. While often overlooked, native bees pollinate the vast majority of flowering ...

A new study by Curtin and Flinders Universities has found that what were thought to be two different species of native Australian bee are in fact one. Lead researcher Dr. Kit Prendergast from the ...

In 1965, renowned bee biologist Charles Michener described a new species of masked bee from “an entirely unexpected region,” the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. Michener named the bee Hylaeus ...

Rare bee species are foraging on native shrubs and wildflowers growing along Con Edison transmission lines according to biologists from the State University of New York’s College of Environmental ...

Worldwide, there are over 20,000 bee species in seven Families. Some commonly encountered and recognizable genera in eastern North America are described below. Since 2006, when large die-offs of honey ...

Honey bee larvae lack the sophisticated olfactory capabilities of adult honey bees, a new study finds. Scientists point to ...

When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have nowhere to go. A new study reveals just how close these critical pollinators ...

Researchers from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) have discovered two new species of ...

The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” after noticing that its female cohort sports a set of devil-like horns. Kit ...

You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons ...