It is a harmless insect that visits gardens to collect pollen to feed on. It's called the Wool Carder Bee. Wool carding is the process in which loose fibres of wool are manipulated into thin ...

The European wool-carder bee was first discovered in North America in 1963 near Ithaca, New York, and since then, its impact has been felt from coast to coast. Wool-carder bees get their name from ...

A northern hemisphere bee species is spreading through New Zealand ... They have since been identified as wool-carder bees, which are native to Europe, North Africa and Asia but spreading rapidly ...