On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

Small piles of sawdust beneath the underside of wood boards are the calling cards of carpenter bees and will help you pinpoint the holes. 2. Inspect the structure thoroughly, because one nesting ...

Piles of sawdust or frass beneath the holes indicate active tunneling. Sightings of large bees hovering around wooden structures, especially in spring and early summer, suggest nesting activity.

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...

Many species form nests in the ground. They prefer streambanks and clay-rich soils. Some of them are solitary creatures and live alone. Others are social creatures that form colonies. Sweat bees ...

Solitary or semi-social bees; each female starts a nest in many cases, but there are exceptions. Nest in the ground. Holes are often excavated in compacted soil with little plant cover, sometimes in ...