Dave Carmean photo Did you know that other than bumble bees, the rest of our native bees (400+ species) are solitary? Each female can reproduce and will build her own nest. The majority of solitary ...

This is a good method if you wish to keep sweat bees away from a very specific part of your yard, such as your outdoor ...

In April 2018, city council passed a motion that, ironically, generated almost no buzz: the declaration of Toronto’s Official Bee. The metallic green sweat bee — Agapostemon virescens is the ...

Hoverflies start out as maggots, eventually growing to the little flies that hover in the muggy summer air, occasionally darting around and, now and then, landing on exposed skin. Hoverflies love to ...

The sure-fire way to know whether it’s a sweat bee or a corn fly buzzing around is if it stings. The halictid bee stings, but ...

SWEAT BEES IN CANADA Courtesy: Wikipedia Sweat bees are found in several countries and are native to North America. There are 1,000 different sweat bee species in Canada and the U.S.

The green sweat bee gets its name from being attracted to human sweat. The bees use the salt from sweat for nutrition. They are are native to Manitoba. (Bees In Your Backyard) ...

The bees, commonly known as sweat bees, come from the large bee family of Halictidae and are commonly found in North America. As the Canadian Wildlife Federation notes, sweat bees can be ...

Hey there, time traveller! This article was published 15/06/2023 (695 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. A bright metallic green and blue sweat bee perches on the finger of ...

Sweat bees are dark-coloured and most are just half a centimetre long. "I imagine most people have probably seen them, but they may not have recognized them as bees," researcher Jason Gibbs said.