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. A female blue orchard ...

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

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 ...

These particular bees are of the seldom-studied Megachile patellimana species, found in parts of the Middle East and Africa. To make their nests, these bees burrow into the sand beneath plants ...