By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB Insects often exist on the periphery of our experiences. They blend into the landscape and ...

Green Bee Identification If you have a garden or spend time outside during the summer, chances are good that you’ve seen a green bee. You might have wondered what it was. These small, ...

Among the native species are: Bumble bees: The large, hairy, black-and-yellow insects are excellent pollinators. Sweat bees: These bees are often brown or black and occasionally have gray stripes.

The pollinator meadows supported a diverse range of pollinator species. Here, a green sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus) gathers pollen and nectar from a Coreopsis flower. Photo credit: Jens Ulrich. The ...

The genus Agapostemon is full of bright blue or green, metallic-looking bees that are classified as “sweat bees,” even though, unlike their relatives, they are not attracted to human sweat.

Michigan gardeners can prepare for spring 2025 by building a bee-friendly garden. The vital pollinators are in need of conservation as their populations decline. If you have a green thumb ...

Sweat bees of the most amazing colors ... It belongs to the genus Agapostemon. Daniel: Oh, my God. That’s amazing. It’s so bright green, metallic. A parade in miniature of one bee after ...

A female bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) on a Virginia waterleaf flower in Swanton in 2021. It is one of the most common and widespread wild bees in Vermont and among the most ...

All bees are amazing creatures. There are sweat bees attracted to human sweat because they crave salt. There are cuckoo bumblebees with naughty behaviors. Are you curious? Check them out!

The others included green bees in the genera Agapostemon and Augochlora, sweat bees in the genus Lasioglossum and long-horned bees in the genus Melissodes. After analyzing the data, the ...