A cross-section of the nest shows her incredible craftsmanship: it looks like a piece of jewelry. The hungry larvae feed on their pollen provision, the purple lunchbox their mom packed for them.

The large carpenter bee is back. And that's bad news, despite its pollination benefits.A common, native bee here, the large carpenter bee looks like a bumblebee, but its rear body section is shiny ...

Bees that usually make their homes out of leaves have capitulated to pollution and begun to incorporate man-made materials.

Footage from a high-speed camera shows that guard bees, positioned near a nest’s entrance, tilt their bodies towards approaching ants and flutter their wings while pivoting away.

Enter native bees. Native bee species, including the better-known bumble, carpenter and digger bees, facilitate cross-pollination for species of plants that are unable to self-fertilize.

Life Wild bees have found a surprising place to nest in cities A survey found 66 species of insects making their homes in cobbled pavements on the streets of Berlin, and greater biodiversity near ...

Brittany and Brian Engen's dog Chance in Corona, California, died after being stung more than 700 times by a swarm of bees.

The cross-section of the nest showed the bee’s incredible craftsmanship. The mud walls and purple pollen balls arranged sequentially made the nest look like a piece of jewelry.

Enter native bees. Native bee species, including the better-known bumble, carpenter and digger bees, facilitate cross-pollination for species of plants that are unable to self-fertilize.

Enter native bees. Native bee species, including the better-known bumble, carpenter and digger bees, facilitate cross-pollination for species of plants that are unable to self-fertilize.

Enter native bees. Native bee species, including the better-known bumble, carpenter and digger bees, facilitate cross-pollination for species of plants that are unable to self-fertilize.