Just how many, and what types, of bees does a meadow need to pollinate all its various flowers? (wedgemondo / flickr) Imagine yourself on a picturesque picnic, in a meadow on a bright sunny day.

There are 16 different types of bees commonly found across Michigan, not including hornets, yellowjackets or wasps.

Wasps Look Very Different From Bees Wasps and hornets are easy to distinguish from bees if you very calmly look at them while they’re resting.

A new study finds that wild bumblebees visit different flowers to balance their intake of protein, fat and carbohydrates.

Mason bees are among the 4,000 types of bees native to the U.S. The honeybee isn't one of them — they were brought to the U.S. from Europe in the 1600s.

There is a lot of recent research that shows there are declines in pollinating insect populations. This includes different types of bees as well as flies and butterflies, all of which are pollinators.

The recent findings came about when a team was investigating how caged bees fared on different types of water (deionized, deionized with a pinch of salt, and tap). They found that providing the ...

Droege studies native bees, the types of pollinators that only live in the wild, as opposed to honeybees, which are farmed and bred for profit.

The Baumbachs offer wildflower honey, pasture-raised poultry and other items that are produced on their farmstead, The ...