Thousands of native bee species buzz about our continent, tending to our gardens and ecosystems. Some are obvious, like ...

Mason Bees Are Solitary: Each female lays her own eggs, builds her nest, and gathers food. No hive, no queen, no honey—this makes them non-aggressive and they do not sting. They Hibernate in Cocoons: ...

Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in record numbers. Commercial beekeepers are reporting losses this year ranging between ...

Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honeybee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards around ...