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Yes, bees can see in color – and these are the flowers they’re most attracted to

Thanks to their unique visual spectrum, bees prefer certain colors – so these are the flowers you'll want to plant in your ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)Opinion

It's OK to love all bees — including honey bees

The accusations you may have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed by evidence. Entomologists explain that there are ...
Herald-Standard

‘Bee’ kind to your local honey bees

Whether you have a small garden in the backyard or hundreds of acres of farmland, there is one creature that keeps them ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Feral’ honeybees are hogging all the pollen in SoCal. Here’s how to help our native bees

Well, we blinked, and now it’s August, usually the dog days of summer, a.k.a. SoCal’s hottest temps of the year, when your zucchini go into hyperdrive and your tomatoes stop producing because it’s ...
Science Daily

These California bees are beating a killer that’s wiping out colonies

A unique hybrid honeybee thriving in Southern California may hold a powerful clue to saving struggling bee populations. While ...
Earth.com

Largest-known underground colony contains millions of ground-nesting bees

Scientists discovered millions of solitary bees living under a cemetery, showing how hidden habitats support pollination and ...
The Shreveport Times

These bees are likely to swarm, chase and then sting you multiple times. What to know

Africanized honey bees, also referred to as "killer bees," are currently found in 13 states and are now slowly spreading northward. These bees are the most aggressive species of bee, as they are ...
AZ Central

Arizona's killer bees really do want to sting you. Why they're so violently aggressive

Africanized "killer" bees are a hybrid species known for aggressively defending their hives. Some 90%-100% of wild honey bee colonies in Arizona are Africanized. Killer bee attacks in Arizona have ...