The fat bees are back, as are the tiny holes they love to drill in decks and porches. Carpenter bees (not to be confused with bumblebees or honeybees) are large bees with shiny, black tail sections.

Matthias Becher works for RIFCON GmbH, Germany. He received funding from UKRI NERC for supporting the development of BEESTEWARD (project NE/P016731/1). Tonya Lander does not work for, consult, own ...

News Pacific NW In cool spring, bees struggle to pollinate Northwest cherry crop May 13, 2022 Updated Fri., May 13, 2022 at 9:42 p.m. One honey bee nestles in a flower and another is in flight at Hood ...

What do bees do in cold weather? When it is below the mid-50s, the bees go into the hive and form a cluster. They keep the queen in the center of the cluster. They vibrate their wing muscles to stay ...

This April 16, 2018 photo shows a newly purchased queen bee, shown marked with white paint on her back in a queen cage, near Langley, Wash. Worker bees eventually will eat a piece of candy placed as a ...

As spring sets in across Michigan, bees will be buzzing as warm, sunny days bring the return of these pollinators. Here's a look at some common bee species in Michigan. Some nest in the ground, some ...

Spring has begun to show its face in South Carolina, filling yards again with life, including the buzzing of bees. However, when you think of bees, it’s probably about swarms of them in hives above ...

As spring nears and the weather warms up , nature’s greatest pollinators – bees – tend to come out of hibernation. North Carolina is home to around 500 species of bees, according to Stan Schneider, a ...

Curious where bees and wasps go in winter? Learn how these buzzing insects survive the cold months and what happens to hives and nests until spring.

HOOD RIVER, Oregon — Grower Brad Fowler walked into the cherry orchard on yet another May day when the temperatures struggled to climb above 50 degrees and a chill wind swept through the long rows of ...