Yellow-faced bees are slender, smooth and mostly black, and much smaller than the pure black female carpenter bee, another conspicuous non-native bee common in the islands.

Bees Added To U.S. Endangered Species List For 1st Time : The Two-Way Seven species of the yellow-faced bee, which is the only bee native to Hawaii, have been designated as endangered.

Yellow-faced bees don’t sting, which often leads to the death of a bee. “If a honeybee worker dies, the hive continues,” explains Graham.

For the first time in the United States, bees have been placed on the endangered-species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday determined that seven species of yellow-faced bees, all ...

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No, the Bee-Pocalypse Isn’t Here Yet Yes, seven species of bee were just added to the endangered species list. But they’re all in Hawaii, and none of them are honeybees.

After seven species of yellow-faced bees were added to the endangered species list in October 2016, a rumor circulated that all bees had been classified as endangered. Dan Evon Published Oct. 8, 2016 ...

In Hawaii, there are more than 60 species of yellow-faced bee (genus Hylaeus), a solitary type of bee that lives in a wide range of habitats, from coastal areas to high-elevation forests.

While the carpenter and bumble bees were the most obvious visitors to the lupines, a closer look revealed a host of activity ...

HONOLULU — Federal authorities on Friday added seven yellow-faced bee species, Hawaii's only native bees, for protection under the Endangered Species Act, a first for any bees in the United ...

Shepherd notes that dead hedges are especially helpful for native bees that hibernate and nest in hollow plant stems, like ...

The new “Pollinator Paradise” license plate design shows both the managed honey bee and the wild yellow-faced bumble bee over a field of red clover blooms, backed by an Oregon skyline.