March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

The venom is made in a tiny gland in the bee's abdomen. When a bee stings a mammal, the bee dies because it can't retract its stinger, Low Dog said. The bee tries to pull away and the stinger and ...

However, unlike the bumblebee, carpenter bees have a shiny black abdomen in contrast to the bumble bee's yellow, hairy abdomen. The male carpenter bee is aggressive, as it protects the nest ...