The world has far more bees than anyone realized. Scientists have, for the first time, estimated just how many species of ...

It’s a question that has sparked the curiosity of scholars and bee lovers for decades: how many species of bees are there in ...

There could be between 3,700 and 5,200 undiscovered bee species buzzing around in the world, according to a new study that offers a “treasure map” for finding new varieties of the pollinators. Bees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – A new species of bee has been discovered in Oklahoma and Texas, according to the University of Oklahoma.

Worldwide, there are over 20,000 bee species in seven Families. Some commonly encountered and recognizable genera in eastern North America are described below. Since 2006, when large die-offs of honey ...

A rare bee species called the diadasia nitidifrons collected by a Washington Bee Atlas volunteer in Yakima County. This bee was last documented in Washington in 1919. Courtesy Washington Bee Atlas / ...

Rare bee species are foraging on native shrubs and wildflowers growing along Con Edison transmission lines according to biologists from the State University of New York’s College of Environmental ...

In 1965, renowned bee biologist Charles Michener described a new species of masked bee from “an entirely unexpected region,” the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. Michener named the bee Hylaeus ...

(TMX) - A striking new bee species with tiny devil-like horns has been discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields, offering fresh insight into how much remains unknown about the country’s native ...

Hylaeus punctatus, a tiny black bee native to Europe that was recently spotted in Pennsylvania. This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look ...