Researchers have formally described a new mining bee species found in Oklahoma and Texas that appears to gather pollen from ...
Its unusual diet raises new questions about how it survives.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sept. 9, 2025 — A rare bee species native to New York state was discovered in Syracuse at a SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) research station in July. ESF ...
A bee that many experts wrote off as gone from New York has quietly buzzed back into the picture. This summer, pollinator ecologist Molly Jacobson spotted the chestnut mining bee, Andrena rehni, in a ...
A rare bee species associated with chestnut trees has reappeared in New York after a century, surprising scientists.