Gardeners know that all kinds of bees are good for our flower and vegetable gardens. They’re responsible for pollinating crops as varied as almonds, apples, blackberries, blueberries, melons, squash, ...

Yellowjackets on a plant stem in a yard - Md Ashiful Hoque/Shutterstock If you notice a bunch of insects with black and yellow stripes buzzing around your backyard, they may not be the bees you think ...

Relatively little is known about the nesting requirements of ground-nesting wild bees, although nesting sites are of central importance for most wild bee species. There are almost 600 wild bee species ...