Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues novice bee enthusiasts can ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Well, I keep learning through the Master Gardener Volunteer program how important bees are to our crops and gardens. So, I am ...

Bumble bees are 1/4 to 1 inch long. The bumble bee queens are typically twice as large as workers or males. A female bumble bee has a pointed abdomen with a stinger. Males do not have a stinger ...

Depending on the size of the bee, it can take anywhere from 5-20 minutes for them to go from angrily buzzing to docility. Once calm, Moline and Peterson popped the bees out of their containers to ...