If you liked this story, share it with other people. Native Brazilian bees provide several environmental services, the most important being pollination of plants, including agricultural crops.

“When California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout its entire length, north and south and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the ocean,” wrote John Muir in 1894’s “The ...

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 ...

Trying to bring more life to your yard? Attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds can make your garden feel vibrant and ...

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" ...

Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a significant threat to native California bees and other pollinators, according to a study published by UC San Diego biologists Monday.

SAN DIEGO — A new study out of UC San Diego shows that feral, non-native honeybees are now posing a risk in the region to the native bee species. Honeybees brought to the U.S. from Europe and Africa ...

In a study published this week, James Hung, an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, and his colleagues found that populations of western honey bees at their study sites in San Diego ...

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...

North America is home to more than 3,600 native species of bees that evolved along with native plants and, accordingly, come in an incredible diversity of shapes, sizes, body strengths, tongue lengths ...