Only 8 out of almost 21,000 bee species in the world die when they sting. Another subset can't sting at all, and the majority of bees can sting as often as they want. But there's even more to it ...

Grow native plants and avoid insecticides! Learn fascinating facts about bumblebees. Honey bees have four wings and six legs. Their bodies are golden yellow with brown bands. The queen is larger ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

Keep reading to learn more about our work to protect native bees, plus facts about native pollinators and what you can do to help native pollinators in your own yard. Once among the most common and ...

Whether you're fascinated by bees or tend run away from them, you enjoy the fruits of their labor: Bees play a vital role in our ecosystem by pollinating plants. Unfortunately, bees' numbers are ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

Worldwide, honey bees provide an annual honey crop of approximately one billion kilograms Each honey bee will produce about a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime – probably the amount ...