The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

One queen common eastern bumblebee ... according to the United States’ National Wildlife Federation. They are social insects that live in colonies. Newly mated queen bees hibernate over the ...

Climate change could lead to more small-bodied bees but fewer bumblebees, according to research ... Scientists in the United States trapped and studied more than 20,000 bees over eight years ...

American bumblebees are highly recognizable across the eastern United States, where they’re most common; the largest remaining populations are in the southern Great Plains and Southeast. But the bees ...