Although social bees are more familiar, in the U.S., 98% of bee species are solitary. So, they live on their own, not in hives or nests. Most solitary bees only live for about a year. However, their ...

Solitary bees lay their eggs on balls of pollen mixed with nectar, walling them up into separate compartments in their nest ...

Two species that come to life early in the year ... Look a little closer and you will likely see mining bees. Mining bees are solitary insects that sometimes nest in large aggregations." ...