The University of Kentucky Department of Entomology receives several calls a year from growers concerned about ground-nesting or digger bees in their gardens. There are many different species of these ...

Photo courtesy of CAES NewsUniversity of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts suggest thinking twice before spraying pesticides to control ground-nesting bees. Bumblebees and other native bees are ...

Mar. 5—ALBANY — While out taking some photos for an upcoming article about azaleas recently, I noticed quite a bit of bee activity near my leg. I looked down and noticed the many mounds on the bank of ...

About five years ago, I heard about ground-nesting bees under the I-78 Schuylkill River bridge at Hamburg. They were done with nesting for the year, but I saw the little mud chimneys the females make ...

Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

It’s springtime, and you probably have noticed flowers popping up and fuzzy, buzzing insects visiting those flowers. Bees might strike fear in the hearts of some, but they really are quite beneficial ...

Five years ago, hundreds of digger bees were nesting beneath the Interstate 78 bridge over the Schuylkill River in northern Berks County. The coal silt on the southern-facing bank beneath the bridge ...