Males can be distinguished from females by the number of blue bands they display – males have five while the females have just four. Adult blue-banded bees typically grow to between 10mm and 12mm. The ...

Colorful blue-banded bees are ... are found across most of Australia, India, Papua New Guinea and other areas in East Asia. Unlike some bees, members of this species live in solitary nests that ...

Unlike some other types of bees, blue banded bees are a solitary species, meaning that each female bee mates and then builds a solitary nest by herself. They can be found across most of Australia.

Australia's blue-banded bee is a successful pollinator because ... Mindy Weisberger is an editor at Scholastic and a former Live Science channel editor and senior writer. She has reported on ...

Associate professor Caitlyn Forster from the University of Sydney said two of the best-known Australian species, the blue-banded bee ... these bees live underground by themselves. Australia ...

"Native bees, including the blue-banded bee, have evolved over millions of years alongside our native flowers, making them some of Australia's best pollinators." Museums Victoria Research ...

Males can be distinguished from females by the number of blue bands they display – males have five while the females have just four. Adult blue-banded bees typically grow to between 10mm and 12mm. The ...