What species is this bumblebee feasting on dandelions in my garden?
It is not a male anything. This is a female chaffinch, which appears to be suffering from leucism, causing the plumage to ...
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This Intrepid Team of Bee Lovers Are Doing Everything They Can to Save Rare Native Species From Extinction
Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...
How you can build a bee-friendly garden. What to know in Michigan as bees emerge
Michigan gardeners can start preparing your bee-friendly gardens with several key tips on plants, landscaping and more. Here's what to know.
'Don't worry, bee happy': Spring is here, and with it comes our most important pollinators
March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...
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Bee Ready: Valuing Vermont’s Native Pollinators
Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...
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New data shows which bee species buzzing around Vancouver Island's farms
New data indicates 60 bee species and morpho-species can be found on Vancouver Island farms, including the threatened Western ...
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Analyzing genetic 'signatures' may give insight into what stresses wild bees
A new method of examining gene expression patterns called landscape transcriptomics may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are ...