Carpenter bees bore round holes into wood siding and rails. Here's how to identify them and keep them from doing serious ...

On the other hand, solitary bees do it all themselves, with females building and provisioning nests with no assistance. Solitary bees are wildly fascinating and incredibly diverse in their morphology ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

Michigan gardeners can start preparing your bee-friendly gardens with several key tips on plants, landscaping and more. Here's what to know.

Many solitary bees nest on bare ground. I love mulched garden beds, so this has been a lesson in restraint for me as a gardener who is trying to create habitat. Gardeners should always try to ...

Mason Bees Are Solitary: Each female lays her own eggs, builds her nest, and gathers food. No hive, no queen, no honey—this makes them non-aggressive and they do not sting. They Hibernate in ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

solitary bees, can go in and make nests, lay their eggs. And then usually they over winter in there, the young bees develop, and then fly out in the spring, which means that if you catch them ...