The sure-fire way to know whether it’s a sweat bee or a corn fly buzzing around is if it stings. The halictid bee stings, but ...

Almost every dog gets stung by a bee at least once in their life—whether out of curiosity or while running through a blooming ...

A “bee fly” looks a bit like a bee, but it’s a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work. The bees dig underground nests and fill them with pollen they collect ...

Swampscott Conservancy You’re probably familiar with European or western honeybees (Apis mellifera) given that the popularity of keeping them is on the rise in suburban and even urban gardens. As the ...