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

Only 10% of these species are social bees, like honey bees and bumblebees. The other 90% are solitary bees. Many of us may ...

Roughly 77% of the bees on earth are classified as solitary. This classification exists in contrast to social bees, which are those that organize themselves into hives, with each bee serving a role to ...

Last summer was an unusually bad year for bees and other pollinating insects, and the UK has seen a long-term decline in ...

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 ...

Most of the UK's bees are solitary species. Some of these important pollinators seek out pre-existing spaces, such as old beetle holes in wood, for their nests. They lay their eggs in these spaces and ...