Scientists have discovered a new bee found only in Texas and Oklahoma and documented its interaction with plants in both states. According to a news release from the University of Oklahoma, a recent ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – A new species of bee has been discovered in Oklahoma and Texas, according to the University of Oklahoma. New species of bee in Oklahoma. Image courtesy University of Oklahoma.

If you have been outside at all this summer, you have probably noticed bees buzzing around. That is why it’s a good time to celebrate National Bee Day along with beekeepers and farmers around the ...

Spring has finally arrived in the U.S., bringing its bright spectacle of budding trees and migrating birds, along with more subtle but equally important changes—among them, the first emergence of ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

"The process of documenting bee biodiversity started centuries ago, but scientists are still discovering new species all the time," said James Hung, OU assistant professor of biology and co-author of ...

Missouri and Kansas are home to approximately 400 different bee species. Some residents are turning their yards and balconies into havens of native plants. To Tom Schroeder, every bee is a work of art ...

COURTESY STATE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES A native bee—hylaeus connectens—sits on a native shrub kolomona (Senna gaudichaudii ) in Makolelau, an ahupuaa in East Molokai. COURTESY STATE ...

Move over gym rats. Bumble bees are now the true masters of macros. In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern ...