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 ...

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 ...

The orchards, gardens and natural areas of the Yakima Valley depend on pollinators to flourish. Managed hives of non-native honeybees pollinate the orchards. After blossom drop, these hives are moved ...

If you consider you average summer picnic table, you would be hard-pressed to find a single veggie or fruit option that bees didn't help provide. Apples, strawberries, tomatoes, grapes, peaches, ...

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) ...

MASON BEES ARE SMALL. They don’t look like what we think a bee should look like and in fact more closely resemble a fly, although some are an attractive metallic greenish-blue. While they might live ...

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 ...

“This larger one is a female, and the smaller one is a male,” Paisley said as he held a box of small, brown mason bee eggs next to a nest at Willamette Valley Vineyards, south of Salem. “There’s a ...

Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...