The fuzzy blue mining bee is unlike any other. Take a closer look the next time you water your flowers if you live in Texas or Oklahoma, because you just might find a newly identified bee species.

Described before the United States won its independence, this fuzzy bee was once the most commonly observed bee in the United States. Its powers of pollination have nourished our ecosystems and ...

Habitat loss largely due to agricultural intensification and urbanization, heavy use of pesticides, and disease have eliminated this fuzzy bee, with a rusty patch on its back, from more than 80 ...

When bumblebees visit, they vibrate their wing muscles at just the right pitch, causing the chamber to resonate and spray pollen out onto their fuzzy bodies. Bees can’t see red, but they do see ...