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 ...

Even though a big, hairy bumblebee might look scary, our experts say it will do nothing but improve your garden. "Bumblebees are generally very large, but can vary in size, and are mostly dark black ...

We’ve gotten through the holiday season and I’m beginning to hear people talk about spring. While the warmer weather is still a ways off, it is time to think about installing nesting boxes for some of ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

The following six families of bees are found in the New York City area: the Colletidae (18 species), Halictidae (46 species), Andrenidae (63 species), Melittidae (3 species, although these have not ...