If you have a garden or spend time outside during the summer, chances are good that you’ve seen a green bee. You might have wondered what it was. These small, iridescent-colored flying insects ...

Thanks to swarms of apiary enthusiasts, native species are finally getting the buzz they deserve By Susan Freinkel Photographs by Lauren Owens Lambert A gold-green sweat bee lands on a common ...

A green sweat bee (Augochlora pura) forages on goldenrod flowers. Researchers found that many sweat bee species were among those that declined in abundance over six years in southcentral Pennsylvania.