Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ...

Carpenter bees bore round holes into wood siding and rails. Here's how to identify them and keep them from doing serious damage. It’s easy to confuse carpenter bees with bumblebees, since both ...

You can also identify ground bees by their appearance. They are small to medium-sized, measuring one-fourth to half an inch long, with yellow and black stripes similar to those of honeybees.

image: One of the ground-dwelling bees collected for identification. These bees contribute to the farm ecosystem. view more Credit: Jennifer Fedenko. Many living creatures live in soil.

Assessment of risk to hoary squash bees (Peponapis pruinosa) and other ground-nesting bees from systemic insecticides in agricultural soil. Scientific Reports , 2019; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019 ...

There are many species of bee that nest in the ground, and that part of their lives hasn’t been well studied. “I believe about three-quarters of all wild bee species are ground nesters, ...

The Ground Nesting Bees project has surpassed 5,000 observations, a laudable milestone for the citizen science project. 385 species of bees have been observed and 2,164 people have submitted their ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 19, 2019) Research is beginning to explain how systemic neonicotinoid insecticides affect often overlooked species of ground nesting bees. While much of the current ...

The study, published in Nature's Scientific Reports, looks at the non-target effects of pesticides on ground-nesting bees, a group that actually makes up the majority of bee species.Non-target ...

In addition to identifying Idaho bee species and the relationship between host plants and native ground-dwelling and cavity-nesting bee species — significant in part because some bees may be ...