The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around.

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...

Bees aren't out to get you, but some pack a painful punch if pushed too far. There are over 20,000 bee species worldwide, but here we narrowed it down to the 15 that stand out for their sting strength ...

The honeybee, with its black and yellow coat, exemplifies pollinator prowess. Apis mellifera, or honeybees, are extraordinary insects that pollinate about 15 billion worth of food crops each year ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Angela Laws, an endangered species conservation biologist, helps take care of a community-led garden dedicated to attracting ...

Solitary bees are a diverse group of wild bees that nest alone rather than in hives or colonies like honeybees or bumblebees ...

Heather Thompson knows quite a bit about bees. When she studied conservation biology at St. Lawrence University, her research explored the diversity of native bee populations. The New York State Parks ...

Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...