They may not be The Ritz Carlton, The Plaza or even a Holiday Inn, but bee hotels house important guests. Native bees are among the many different welcome and necessary pollinators in landscapes.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the arid, cracked desert ground in Southern California, a tiny bee pokes its head out of a hole no larger than the tip of a crayon. Krystle Hickman crouches over with her ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that under certain conditions, the ...

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" ...

"Understanding how bees respond to environmental change is critical because their behavior underpins pollination, which supports healthy ecosystems and food production. Our results help fill a gap in ...

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 ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as ...

Pollinators like the blue orchard bee live in a natural symbiosis with farmers, because crops rely on them to reproduce. In return, the pollinators receive flower nectar that gives them energy to fly.

A native bee sits on a purple flower on the left, while a honey bee sits on a yellow flower on the right. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations ...