Bees are remarkable, cooperative creatures but we know little of them beyond...delicious honey...and more vaguely as ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

Some species died out, some moved north ... or what might be considered domesticated bees. A hive with 30,000 worker bees can out-compete solitary wild bees with ease, and can also spread disease.

While honeybees are responsible for pollinating most of our flowering plants and many agricultural products, bee populations ...