SUNY-ESF

Rare Chestnut Bee Discovered at SUNY ESF Orchard

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 ...
WAMC

Rare bee discovered for the first time in upstate New York

For the first time, the rare chestnut mining bee has been discovered in upstate New York. The small, brown insect was found by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in ...
ECOticias.com

It looked like a normal bee in an orchard, but after a few seconds, a scientist realized she was seeing something that almost no one had ever seen in that area before

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 ...
The State

Watch where you step! These bees may be digging holes in your SC yard this spring. Why that’s good

An image of a mining bee, also referred to as a ground bee. screenshot Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation Spring has begun to show its face in South Carolina, filling yards again with ...
Mongabay

Beekeepers in Brazil worry lithium mining puts their bees in jeopardy

In Brazil’s Jequitinhonha valley, honey production using both native and nonnative bee species is being impacted by climate change and possibly nearby mining activity. Residents have reported a ...