Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 thousand years ago — about the time Haleakala was forming — a tiny bee arrived in the Hawaiian Islands. This bee was about the size of a grain of rice and ...

The Bumble Bee Atlas project is active across 21 states and trains volunteers to survey, photograph, and report bumblebee ...

Finally — some good news for the bees of Hawaii. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has given endangered status to seven species of yellow-faced bees native to the islands. These are "the first bees ...

For the first time in U.S. history, bees will receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. Seven yellow-faced bee species, Hawaii's only native bees, are now considered endangered after years ...

Federal authorities added seven yellow-faced beespecies, Hawaii's only native bees, for protection under the Endangered Species Act Friday, a first for any bees in the United States. The U.S. Fish and ...

Seven types of bees once found in abundance in Hawaii but now facing extinction on Friday became the first bees to be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species, according to U.S.