By Sy Maher Inviting solitary bees to live in your yard is beneficial and fun. Solitary Bees almost never sting. You really have to annoy a native bee to get them defensive. Solitary bees have a short life cycle. For instance, the Mason bees come out in early spring, pollinates, makes its babies, and dies off […]
There are over two-hundred and fifty species of bumblebee (also written bumble bee). The Sonoran bumblebee of Arizona is a beautiful yellow and black bee. Other varieties bost different variations in color. A Bumblebee is quite large measuring from 14 to 18 millimeters long (.7 of an inch). The queens are even larger. Queen Bumblebees and […]
Edited by Sy Maher Bumblebees, Excellent Pollinators! Bumblebees, are marvelously fuzzy and pick up pollen effortlessly to distribute to other plants Even though they’ve earned their name aimlessly bumbling around in the garden, bumblebees are super-fast and super-efficient pollinators! They prefer to forage for pollen that’s rich in protein rather than nectar, and can even detect which […]