Nest in the ground. Holes are often excavated in compacted soil with little plant cover, sometimes in banks. Range greatly in size; common species include some that are just a few millimeters in ...

The majority of the world’s bee species – 70 percent – nest in the ground. These ones chose a dirt parking lot ... These peculiar structures also make great runways, as bees go off to work in the ...

but there are more than 250 other species of bee in the UK who have different homes, from birdboxes and trees, to small holes in buildings or in the short grass and dusty ground. I’d like to see ...

Honey bees grab most of the limelight with their produce used for food, drink, drugs and skincare products. But they are just one of the 180 species found ... up home on bare ground, holes in ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...