Supporting Solitary Bees

摘要

When you think of bees, your mind probably goes to honey, hives, and stingers. But, what if I told you that 90% of the world's 20,000 bee species are solitary bees? Solitary bees, as you might guess, live on their own, not in colonies with a queen and workers like honey bees and bumblebees. It could be said that each solitary bee is her own queen! She builds her own nest, collects her own pollen and nectar, and lays her own eggs without any help from other bees.