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 rare bee species associated with chestnut trees has reappeared in New York after a century, surprising scientists.
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 ...
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 ...