carpenter bees are solitary insects that do not live in colonies. They are often larger and have a shiny black abdomen and are sometimes mistaken for a shiny black bee, especially in Arizona.

Roughly 77% of the bees on earth are classified as solitary. This classification exists in contrast to social bees, which are those that organize themselves into hives, with each bee serving a role to ...

This would be the first native, solitary bee in the continental United States to be protected under the Act. Although it once thrived across much of the Mojave Desert, the quarter-inch-long, ...

If kids want, paint and decorate the outside of the bee hotel. Solitary bee species—which don’t live together in hives—prefer dark spots to nest, so have children choose dark colors.

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...

Most of the UK's bees are solitary species. Some of these important pollinators seek out pre-existing spaces, such as old beetle holes in wood, for their nests. They lay their eggs in these spaces and ...