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

Each female builds a nest, collects pollen and nectar and lays eggs without help from other bees. Solitary bees are also ...

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 ...

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...

Solitary bee species—which don’t live together in hives—prefer dark spots to nest, so have children choose dark colors. Tie the string or twine around the center of the container so it can ...

The species she came across belongs to the genus Diadasia, which are considered solitary bees. This means that, unlike honeybees for example, they do not build hives and live as a collective. Instead, ...

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 ...

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 ...