According to Hung, creating a new bee subgenus is rare in recent decades and even more uncommon when a new species is discovered. Typically, new subgenera are created due to rearrangement.

"The process of documenting bee biodiversity started centuries ago, but scientists are still discovering new species all the time," said James Hung, OU assistant professor of biology and co-author ...

Over 20,000 known wild bee species exist worldwide, with about 3,600 native to North America. Of those, 739 species are known to be associated with agricultural crops. For their research, the authors ...

There’s some buzz happening in Oklahoma and Texas after a new species of mining bee has been discovered and named, according to the journal Ecology and Evolution. The species Andrena androfovea ...

NORMAN, Okla. – A new species of bee has been discovered in Oklahoma and Texas, according to the University of Oklahoma.

All of this is not to say that no bee species have ever been considered endangered in the U.S. Indeed, there were nine species of bee listed as "endangered" under the ESA as of Sept. 5, 2023.

Solitary bees are a diverse group of wild bees that nest alone rather than in hives or colonies like honeybees or bumblebees ...

The new sightings bring the number of bee species recorded in the state to 437, said Nash Turley, a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State and lead author of the study.

The new sightings bring the number of bee species recorded in the state to 437, said Nash Turley, a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State and lead author of the study.