Orchard growers looking for alternatives to honey bees for managed pollination services have new reason to be optimistic about the potential of one honey bee cousin, the blue orchard bee. A recent ...

Q: There are bumble bees living in a box on my potting bench. One of them stung me. I don’t want to kill them, but I’d like to use the potting bench. Is there a safe way (for them and for me!) to move ...

Native bees are a natural hidden treasure. From forests and coastal wetlands, to farms and urban gardens, there are over 3,500 native bee species in the United States providing an invaluable ecosystem ...

A female blue orchard bee forages for nectar and pollen on Phacelia tanacetifolia flowers, also known as blue or purple tansy. Blue orchard bees are solitary bees that help pollinate California’s ...

Boy Scout Troop 186 member Peter Schoderbek of Readington explains a bee nest box to Hunterdon County Director John King during the Tuesday, Aug. 18 freeholder meeting. (PC Robinson | for NJ.com) ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado has nearly 1,000 different species of bees. Now, native bee hotels are creating a lot of buzz. Even Costco now sells bee houses. Also known as ...

A: The phenomenon of seeing the wax from an outdoor bee nest (not beehive) is not unknown, but it is certainly unusual. It is what’s left after a swarm of bees, led by a queen, can’t find a sheltered ...