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 ...

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 ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

Missouri and Kansas are home to approximately 400 different bee species. Some residents are turning their yards and balconies into havens of native plants. To Tom Schroeder, every bee is a work of art ...

Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart. Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North ...

With the weather getting warmer, Michiganders are wondering what the buzz is. Literally. Along with rising temperatures and sunshine, the state will also welcome back bees as spring progresses into ...

A hybrid bee spawned from a combination of African and European honeybees have been sighted close to Georgia. Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper told Channel 2’s Linda Stouffer that the ...

It's not often you see a "bee delay" at a baseball game. But that's exactly what happened at the Arizona Diamondbacks-LA Dodgers game on April 30. A swarm of honeybees decided to make camp on the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A honeybee hive was removed from the walls of a home. Honey bees became quite a nuisance for a homeowner in Pittsburgh, who had thousands of bees living in ...