Several long-lost species, turned up by citizen-scientists with nets and specimen jars, had not been seen in Washington for a century or more. The state is home to at least 600 native species of bees, ...

Spring has always been the season of pollinators, but in Washington state, it's also becoming the season of discovery. A growing army of volunteers is fanning out across the state to document bee ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as ...

Bee experts wouldn't have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, researchers added eight new bee species to a ...

The Washington Bee Atlas has made significant progress in documenting the state’s native bees, discovering numerous state records and rare species in its first year. Volunteers with the Washington ...

A rare bee species called the diadasia nitidifrons collected by a Washington Bee Atlas volunteer in Yakima County. This bee was last documented in Washington in 1919. Courtesy Washington Bee Atlas / ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Bee Atlas found 17 bee species never before recorded in Washington and 12 more species not documented in the state for at least 50 years, Washington State Department of ...

Spring has always been the season of pollinators, but in Washington state, it's also becoming the season of discovery. A growing army of volunteers is fanning out across the state to document bee ...

Spring has always been the season of pollinators, but in Washington state, it's also becoming the season of discovery. A growing army of volunteers is fanning out across the state to document bee ...