This past summer, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) ecologist Molly Jacobson was out collecting specimens around ESF’s orchard in Syracuse, New York, when she stumbled on ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

An image of a mining bee, also referred to as a ground bee. screenshot Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation Spring is underway in South Carolina, filling yards again with life, ...

Mining bees tend to choose nesting sites on both flat and sloped turf but may also occur in cultivated lawns and sheep-grazed pasture. It turns out that bees don’t just have two eyes—they have ...

In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha valley, honey production using both native and nonnative bee species is being impacted by climate change and possibly nearby mining activity. Residents have reported a ...

For the first time, the rare chestnut mining bee has been discovered in upstate New York. The small, brown insect was found by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in ...