The valley carpenter bee, or Xylocopa sonorina, for instance, is an incredibly important pollinator in the local ecosystem, according to Abigail Leonard, a UC Davis third-year entomology Ph.D. student ...

On the flip side, pretty much everyone loathes wasps (Vespidae), carpenter bees (Xylocopa), mosquitoes (Anopheles), our ever-popular clouds of gnats, also known as no-see-ums (Culicoides), yellow ...

It's a joy to capture images of insects! This is the male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, nicknamed "the teddy bear bee." The male is blond with green eyes, while the female is a solid black- ...

FEW insects (or even animals) hold quite as much sway on the planet as bees. As pollinators that flock from flower to flower, crop to crop, they keep the world’s flora and biodiversity thriving ...

Nigeria’s Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve boasts more plant species than any other montane forest in Nigeria. The reserve is also home to a small population of endangered Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees ...

He published more than 50 percent of his papers following his retirement." This is a male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, which Robbin Thorp called "the teddy bear bee--boy bees don't sting." ...

Carpenter bees belong to the Xylocopa genus, earning their common name from their method for building homes: drilling holes in natural, unfinished wood and hard plant materials such as dead wood and ...

Carpenter bees live in wooden materials where they carve their own tunnels, while bumble bees tend to take over abandoned burrows. ©Zety Akhzar/Shutterstock.com There are many key differences between ...

Bee nests ordinarily comprises brood cells and associated structures and are often in burrows in the soil, aboveground cavities or free-standing (Michener, 2007). Most bees and apoid wasps excavate ...