Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 thousand years ago — about the time Haleakala was forming — a tiny bee arrived in the Hawaiian Islands. This bee was about the size of a grain of rice and ...

Finally — some good news for the bees of Hawaii. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has given endangered status to seven species of yellow-faced bees native to the islands. These are "the first bees ...

We’re almost at that time of the year where stinging insects will be at their peak populations. An unusually milder winter coupled with a bountiful food supply has led researchers with the Alabama ...

The adage “The more you look, the more you see” is the basis for the “Pollinators in Paradise” project, a new approach to researching Hawaii’s most important native pollinators: the yellow-faced bees.

Some years ago, scientists examining wild plants in a western corner of the United States encountered a curiously colorful example of biodiversity. Two species of red Mimulus (monkeyflowers) normally ...

Ground bees (including yellow jackets) are vital for the environment, but if they nest in your yard or walls they can become ...