There are over 4,000 native bee species and many are in decline. Here are beneficial types of garden bees that need a boost from gardeners.

A bumblebee lands on the flowers of a white sloe bush. Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images Stephen Buchmann, University of Arizona As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from ...

Several long-lost species, turned up by citizen-scientists with nets and specimen jars, had not been seen in Washington for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These non-toxic methods will keep carpenter bees at bay. Getty Images Different species of bees, including carpenter bees, are ...

Most people picture bees as hard workers gathering pollen and building nests. Many species do exactly that. But a surprising ...

Pollination, the movement of pollen from the anther (male) of one flower to the pistil (female) of another flower is ...

The race is on to keep Hawaii's native bees from vanishing. Seven of Hawaii's yellow-faced bee species are now officially protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, a step that will allow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hybrid bee spawned from a combination of African and European honeybees have been sighted close to Georgia. Georgia Commissioner ...