There are nearly 1 million insect species that can be found across the globe, according to the Smithsonian. With this many creepy crawlers roaming around, there's a chance some can be in your backyard ...

While the bumblebee is likely the most well-known pollinator, pollinators come in a variety of shapes, species, and sizes. “Many entomologists believe the tiny sweat bee nectaring on your flowering ...

Appearance: About 3/8 inch in length. Black or dark brown head and body with pale bands on abdomen. Fuzzy, rusty-orange colored hind legs. (H. rubicundus is one of 4,500 sweat bee species worldwide.

Worldwide, there are over 20,000 bee species in seven Families. Some commonly encountered and recognizable genera in eastern North America are described below. Since 2006, when large die-offs of honey ...

Sweat bees nest in the ground in either small colonies consisting of a queen and workers, or alone. Researchers compared the genes of social versus nonsocial bees to find correlations between genes ...

I was just stung by what is referred to as a "sweat bee"; a bit smaller than a normal bee with yellow and black stripes.<BR><BR>Like a good deathly-allergic-to-bees wimp, I shrieked like a schoolgirl, ...

“Small sweat bees are especially attracted to a much beloved Illinois native shrub, button bush, or Cephalanthus occidentalis,” says Allsup. Button bush boasts minuscule tube-shaped florets on a ...