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

The genus Agapostemon is full of bright blue or green, metallic-looking bees that are classified as “sweat bees,” even ... but you don’t have the queens or [male] drones or those differences ...

Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees ... Yellow and black stripes distinguish the male bees of this species, while the females have white and black stripes. Lauren Owens Lambert The ...

The right men's deodorant gets ahead of B.O. by stopping the primary offenders behind the problem (Spoiler alert: It’s bacteria and sweat ... it might sting like a bee post-shave (we’re ...

Sweat bees are a diverse and abundant group of small solitary bees ... which protects the eggs from winter damage,” they said. Male long-horned bees have long antennae, while the females are large, ...

A female bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens ... People are often vaguely familiar with honey bee facts, citing the diligent female worker bees, the lazy male drones, and the queen with ...

That's because that buzzing insect is probably a hoverfly and not a sweat bee or yellow jacket, which is a wasp that can sting. "Because the corn is mature right now, you're going to find these ...

The National Park Service describes pollinators as anything that carries pollen from the male part of one flower (stamen ... The modest masked bee is an example of this group. Sweat bees are usefully ...

We know about bumblebees and honey bees, but what about sweat bees? These insects are so tiny you may not even notice them as they're buzzing around your home. That is unless you have a sweat bee ...

Male mason bees can't sting ... try tactics similar to those for discouraging mason bees and other ground-nesting bees. Sweat bees are a large group of small bees, with some only a quarter ...

Some are even bright green like the green metallic sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus) in this photo. Did you know that only female bees have stingers? Males, like the male leafcutter bee (genus Megachile ...

Drone bees are male honeybees that fertilize the queen bee ... search of food before entering and laying their own eggs. Green sweat bees often nest in the ground or wood and live alone rather ...