Sweat bees don't usually sting but can and will if disturbed. Yellow jackets often sting. ... The insects lay eggs on corn stalks so the larvae can feed on the corn tassels.

Sweat bees don't usually sting but can and will if disturbed. Yellow jackets often sting. ... The insects lay eggs on corn stalks so the larvae can feed on the corn tassels.

Worker bees collect nectar and pollen, protect the hive against intruders, feed the queen and larvae, ... Green sweat bees often nest in the ground or wood and live alone rather than in colonies.

The pollen they will make into a product called bee bread, a high-protein food for larvae and adult bees. The nectar will be made into honey. ... Beyond these bees, there is the sweat bee, ...

Sweat bees are not one type of bee. They are a family of small bees. Here's what to know about these insects, including how to control them.

This summer, Bill and I have been inundated with little fast moving, yellow-tinged flies that people have for years called “sweat bees.” Well, this article sets the record straight. Hover ...

Female honey bee larvae develop into queens or workers based on a genetic conflict between maternally and paternally inherited genes. This parent-of-origin gene expression is regulated by histone ...

Leafcutter bees and sweat bees spend the winter as dormant, mature larvae in burrows in the soil. They rely on the temperature around them to know when it is time to begin metamorphosis.

The Department of Agriculture has conditionally approved a new vaccine meant to protect honeybees from a bacterial disease that can affect the bee's larvae. There will be a new vaccine on the ...

When someone mentions bees, most of us picture honeybees, bumblebees or those aggressive carpenter bees that drill into wood surfaces. There are, in fact, four thousand species of bees native to the ...