There are over 4,000 native bee species and many are in decline. Here are beneficial types of garden bees that need a boost ...

Carpenter bees nest inside wooden structures, which can impact structural integrity. View the best carpenter bee trap models ...

Without pollinators, we wouldn’t have one out of every three bites of food we eat. That’s because about 35 percent of the ...

In a sophomore project course, civil and environmental engineering students learned the engineering design process by designing, building and deploying bee hotels to protect local pollinator ...

Cavity-nesting bees use hollow plant stems or burrow into brick: the first solitary bees I saw as a child were red-tailed mason bees in a Victorian walled garden, where they’d tunnelled into brick so ...

Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields. As honeybees die off again, some bee enthusiasts want to give mason ...

Honey bee populations are again declining, threatening crops. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Dave Hunter, who raises the unsung hero of the orchard (and champion pollinator), the Mason bee.

Hunter, who is on the board of directors of the Planet Bee Foundation, is an evangelist for the mason and the leafcutter bee, which also nests in cavities. He is trying to spread the word about native ...

is an evangelist for the mason and the leafcutter bee, which also nests in cavities. He is trying to spread the word about native bees because, like the honeybee, they are under pressure.