Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

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 ...

The latest review article from the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) in Portugal opens up horizons for the identification of bee species in a diversity of ...

The country harbors 49 bumblebee species, which are social, relatively easy to identify, and among the best studied of all native bees. Native bees are some of the most effective pollinators because ...

That’s in part because bees are hard to study. Even experts need microscopes and taxonomic guides to identify the tiny, often subtle features that distinguish species. Basic information about ...

Chief among these principles is that species-specific characteristics can exist because members of different species do not freely produce fertile hybrids. The history of the nomencalture of ...