The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

According to Hung, creating a new bee subgenus is rare in recent decades and even more uncommon when a new species is discovered. Typically, new subgenera are created due to rearrangement.

According to the University of Oklahoma, the new mining bee species is part of the Andrena ... meaning its structure is unique compared to other Andrena bees. "We think it has formed its own ...

A new bee species has recently been discovered, found only in Texas and Oklahoma. Researchers at the University of Oklahoma published a study in the journal Ecology and Evolution identifying the ...