Other bee-like insects also nest in the ground including hornets and yellow jackets. It's important to correctly identify which type is burrowing into your garden so you can manage them in the ...

Native shrubs offer many benefits to the home landscape. Their value to wildlife and general ease of care are becoming better ...

For the first time in the United States, bees have been placed on the endangered-species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday determined that seven species of yellow-faced bees, all ...

These small flowers are arranged in clusters that bloom in late summer. The small, late summer white-and-purple-speckled blooms of common mountain mint support yellow-faced or masked bees.

Years of evolution in isolation have left the yellow-faced bees defenseless and vulnerable to non-native predatory ants that crawl inside the nest and devour the young.

Yellow-faced bees can be seen pollinating the miniature white and purple flowers of common mountain mint, Pycnanthemum virginianum.

Hoverflies can carry pollen over greater distances than bees and pollinate many plants that grow in your garden or yard. Look ...

Dairon Darias, a Cuban ballet dancer, has an unusual hobby when it comes time to unwind following the strict discipline of dance - raising melipona bees, a stingless Cuban variety that produces ...

Yellow jackets have stripes that often cause them to be confused with honey bees, although bees tend to be rounder in appearance. Unlike bees, which create hives that produce honey, yellow jackets ...