While the bumblebee is likely the most well-known pollinator, pollinators come in a variety of shapes, species, and sizes. “Many entomologists believe the tiny sweat bee nectaring on your flowering ...

Appearance: About 3/8 inch in length. Black or dark brown head and body with pale bands on abdomen. Fuzzy, rusty-orange colored hind legs. (H. rubicundus is one of 4,500 sweat bee species worldwide.

Consider adding some flower power to your landscape to bring in the buzz of pollinators to your garden. “Floral abundance is one of the strongest ways to promote bee diversity in gardens,” said Gail ...

Sweat bees nest in the ground in either small colonies consisting of a queen and workers, or alone. Researchers compared the genes of social versus nonsocial bees to find correlations between genes ...

One summer day in 2018, Sam Droege lowered his net and scooped up a few small bees buzzing around the blossoms of a ...

I was just stung by what is referred to as a "sweat bee"; a bit smaller than a normal bee with yellow and black stripes.<BR><BR>Like a good deathly-allergic-to-bees wimp, I shrieked like a schoolgirl, ...

“Small sweat bees are especially attracted to a much beloved Illinois native shrub, button bush, or Cephalanthus occidentalis,” says Allsup. Button bush boasts minuscule tube-shaped florets on a ...