(CNN) — Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground ...

Eocene Fossils of a Beetle, Wasp and Mosquito in Sandstone and 38-55 Million Years in Age.© I. Pilon/Shutterstock.com The story begins in Cueva de Mono, a cave in the southern Dominican Republic that ...

Rare bee species are foraging on native shrubs and wildflowers growing along Con Edison transmission lines according to biologists from the State University of New York’s College of Environmental ...

“This discovery is doubly surprising, because modern bees aren’t known to use bones for their nesting, nor are they known to nest in caves. But these fossil bees brooding chambers in sediment-filled ...