Seven species have already been wiped out in Wales ... They also collect pollen differently - using a special brush. "Sometimes solitary bees nest in large numbers where nesting conditions ...
There are 7,000 species of wasps living in the UK, nine of which build nests to house a colony. Like bees, each wasp species is either social or solitary. Those that prefer family life build nests to ...
The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...
Scientists have discovered 15 new species of cuckoo bees hidden in ... cuckoo bees lay their eggs in the nests of other bees, usually solitary dwellers. When the cuckoos hatch they kill off ...
The species she came across belongs to the genus Diadasia, which are considered solitary bees. This means that, unlike honeybees for example, they do not build hives and live as a collective. Instead, ...
As the behavior is present in several species of honeybees, all within the genus Apis, the researchers posit that nest symmetry likely evolved when honeybees moved from building single-sided combs ...