Ithaca, N.Y. — Rachel Fordyce just wanted to park for free. What the Cornell University lab technician stumbled upon instead ...

The bees have likely been nesting there for decades, but it took one curious lab technician to finally uncover them.

Despite their large numbers, these bees' nests remained hidden from scientists’ awareness—until someone stumbled upon them.

Bees are hovering over North Carolina yards — but you may want to think twice before racing to get rid of them. That’s ...

Researchers in Ithaca estimated the number of ground-nesting bees emerging from a local cemetery in spring 2023, revealing just how abundant some understudied pollinators are ...

Learn how researchers in Ithaca, New York, uncovered one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees, revealing a hidden network beneath the grass. At first glance, it looks like any ...

Distinguishing between ground-nesting bees and yellowjackets is possible through simple observation. A single, busy entrance ...

A discovery near the Cornell University campus has researchers buzzing. It all started when a Cornell lab technician walked ...

Millions of ground-nesting solitary bees of the Andrena regularis species call an Ithaca cemetery home. (Adapted from Hoge et al., Apidologie, 2026) Millions of buried creatures burst forth each ...

The drought is impacting native bees' ability to burrow beneath the ground. This could impact some things you get from local ...

Bees are hovering over North Carolina yards — but you may want to think twice before racing to get rid of them. That’s because you’re likely seeing ground nesting bees, which are known to be docile ...