Between Winnie the Pooh and The Bee Movie, generations have become enthralled with honey bees. We've also been led to believe ...

A 23-year-old ecologist known as "The Bee Man" is on a mission to conserve solitary pollinators by building them structures ...

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

Social bees, such as honeybees and bumblebees, often live in hives or nests, above or below the ground, while most solitary bees nest in the ground. Bees can be found in so many locations, some ...

If kids want, paint and decorate the outside of the bee hotel. Solitary bee species—which don’t live together in hives—prefer dark spots to nest, so have children choose dark colors.

Cities can act as wild bee refuges because of the abundance of flowers in parks and gardens. In Paris, increasing hive numbers caused problems for large solitary bees and bumblebees, suggesting ...

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...