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 ...

Hoverflies can hover, or remain in place in mid-air, something a sweat bee or yellow jacket can't do. Also, hoverflies have one set of wings while yellow jackets and bees have two sets, or four ...

Consider the hover fly, a tiny but mighty bee mimic. One of the insects you should avoid killing at all costs, hover flies offer valuable benefits to gardens as both pollinators and natural pest ...

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 ...

Chesterfield and District Beekeepers Association branch has explained how to identify and Asian Hornet and what to do if you ...