Native bees: Exotic honeybees and their Apidae family

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We’ve talked about the ways that native bees differ from honeybees and how great of pollinators they are, but how do you identify native bees? There are seven known families of bees worldwide, and six live in North America: Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae and Melittidae. The family Stenotritidae only lives in Australia. With several Read More »

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