The needs of native bees are simple: food and a home. Depending on the bee, the requirements for a home differ, of course. For example, g...

Learn to make a bumble bee nest box for your own backyard.

The Institute for Applied Ecology is a conservation organization that promotes species diversity, restoration, and healthy interactions b...

Joe is a big fan of the Netflix show "Stranger Things." However, he also knows he can find as much drama, suspense, and intrigue by simpl...

Can native bees sting? The answer is yes, sort of, it's kind of complicated.

We have talked about the bees in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for a while now. There are 660 species in this monument. Our...

People are often made aware of some amazing and unique bees around the world, particularly as news of bee declines is spread around. What...

When Joe and I first started studying bees, the most common question we were asked by curious folks was, "Do you get stung a lot?", follow...

Most bees are not yellow and black like we see in the cartoons. Instead, bees come in a rainbow of colors, from red, yellow and orange, t...

Princeton did a little Q&A with us (who we are, what our favorite bees are, our thoughts on bee declines and conservation, etc.)  They've...

It seems we all know that pollinators (especially bees, who do most of the pollinating) are important, but did you know they aren't doing...

To best understand bees, one needs to know exactly what a bee is.  The answer is, at the outset, simple, but there are complications. Fir...