If you picture a bee, you probably imagine yellow and brown stripes without thinking twice. The northern blue-banded bee breaks that expectation the moment you notice it.

Q How do bees make honey? — Amelia Brown, Madison, Wis. A Johanne Brunet, professor of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Most bee species do not make honey, but those that do, as you ...

Planting tomatoes in the garden this year? Better hope you have bumblebees too, because tomato flowers need a good shaking to get the pollen out. “What the bumblebee does is grab a tomato flower, ...

Researchers in Florida have rediscovered an "ultra-rare" metallic blue bee that hadn't been spotted in years – so long that experts weren't sure it still existed. Florida Museum of Natural History ...

RICHARDSON, Texas — You may be surprised to learn that the simple bee has enormous importance on maintaining Earth's ecosystem. Yet, they are in danger. Paige finds out how they are not only expanding ...