Bees are super important — and it's not just the honeybees. While often overlooked, native bees pollinate the vast majority of flowering plants globally, whether in your garden or out in the wild.

The first is the blue-banded bee (Amegilla asserta) because it's big in both body size and popularity. There's the less ...

Bees aren't out to get you, but some pack a painful punch if pushed too far. There are over 20,000 bee species worldwide, but here we narrowed it down to the 15 that stand out for their sting strength ...

Bees pollinate most of the flowers in our gardens. Encourage native renter bees to stick around with this bee house that's as ...

They might all be important to our planet's ecosystem, but not all bees look or act the same. Here are some key differences between bumble and honey bees.

Small bee species can have surprisingly sharp vision, showing that large eyes are not always needed to see clearly.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North America could count on spotting one of the continent's most common ...

Physical differences between Africanized honey bees and European are undetectable to the naked eye. “Killer” bees are around ...

The BeeMachine app identifies a bee visiting a suburban flower garden in Lawrence as a two-spotted bumblebee. The app uses artificial intelligence to distinguish among species, some of which are very ...