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 ...

There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in ...

Bees rely on sunlight and polarized light to navigate, making nighttime flight dangerous and often impossible for honey bees.

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Honey bees can be startling, whether they are alone or in a swarm, but Brian Fahey, the board director of the Charleston Area Beekeepers Association, says not to worry ...

Jaco Wolfaardt, commercial beekeeper and founder of Ubusi Beekeeping, spoke to Henning Naudé about keeping the bees and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The following six families of bees are found in the New York City area: the Colletidae (18 species), Halictidae (46 species), Andrenidae (63 species), Melittidae (3 species, although these have not ...