Smithsonian Magazine on MSN17d
This Intrepid Team of Bee Lovers Are Doing Everything They Can to Save Rare Native Species From Extinction
Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...
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Bee Ready: Valuing Vermont’s Native Pollinators
Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, increasing the honey bee population does not help native bees. “Honey bees are to ...
Birds & Blooms on MSN1mon
7 Garden Bee Species You Want to See in Your Yard
Crucial to the pollination of alfalfa, these boldly striped bees are found ... clearly make it stand out from other bees and ...
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Understanding the Pollinating Services of Native Bees
Sweat bees are a diverse and abundant group of small solitary bees ... They can be all dark or have light hair on their thorax, sometimes with white stripes on their abdomen. “Mining bees are some of ...