They are small, typically about 1/4 to 3/8 inch long, yellow and black, shiny and hairless. They hover in the air, occasionally alighting on your skin and wiggling their abdomen up and down. It is a ...

These are small, fast-flying bees that have the agility of a tiny ... Most species have black and yellow color patterns. Unlike bees, wasp legs tend to hang down during flight.

Bees and their pollination methods are integral to the ecosystem, as well as agriculture of all types. Unfortunately, bee colonies are struggling due to pesticide use and habitat destruction. And now ...

They are yellow and black (a bee look-alike) and they hover in the air, occasionally alighting on your skin in wiggling their abdomen up and down. It is a fly that looks and acts like a bee, but it ...

Given the diversity in these bees, there’s just so much more that can be done with the discovery. This is just really the first step.” Many insects sport black-and-yellow backsides ...

“Bumble bees and carpenter bees are robust insects that are rounder in shape and commonly black and yellow in color,” Nancy Troyano, Ph.D., board-certified entomologist and director of ...

Why are the big bees hanging around the building and causing holes in the wood? When does the insecticide spray for dogwood ...

Named for their distinctive hovering flight, stripey yellow-and-black hover flies (Syrphidae) are often mistaken for bees. Hover flies are potential pollinators of several native plants.