“When it gets up to between 80 and 83 degrees, the bees come out,” Blackburn said ... they’re full of honey and aren’t as likely to sting, Blackburn said. Still, over the years ...

Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those ... The larvae then spin a cocoon and ride out the winter, snug in their nest. When spring arrives, the adults appear.

Sightings of Minnesota’s state bee continue to excite bee surveyors in the Twin Cities metro who say the endangered pollinator has recently been spotted in residential gardens and other ...