Researchers in Ithaca estimated the number of ground-nesting bees emerging from a local cemetery in spring 2023, revealing ...

Thousands of years ago, an owl’s messy leftovers became prime real estate for some very determined bees. Deep inside a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, burrowing bees turned fossil bones ...

Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground or ...

A few years ago, Adrian Carper, who is in both my department and the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado Boulder, told me about a species of bee that could chew nest holes into ...

Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ground, these bees are facing rapid population declines. But while there ...

Here are some other signs to look out for in your yard.

I live in a part of North Berwick that has super sandy soil. We have a small river out back bordered by a floodplain that ...

A miner haunts the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. It’s not the spirit of an interred workman, but Andrena regularis, ...

If you see a carpenter bee nest in your yard, you can't handle them in the same way as other pests. But thankfully, you can ...

The study authors believe that fossils housing the bee nests date back to around 20,000 years ago and could shed light on how bees have adapted to their environment, even in the ancient past. “There’s ...