Have you noticed leaves or even flower petals on your plants with perfect quarter-inch to half-inch circles cut in them? I have really noticed them on rose bushes. It looks like someone took a hole ...

As if ON CUE, leafcutter bees stole the show when they revealed a fascinating aspect of their life before a sold-out crowd at Trista Imrich’s garden party in Alanton in Virginia Beach. It was guest ...

HERE’S A DIFFERENT kind of home-design idea: Set up a bee house in your yard this summer. These might not be the bees you are thinking of. No hives. No honey. No aggressive behavior. Instead, gentle ...

Leafcutter bees have sharp jaws resembling serrated knives, yet they are surprisingly docile. These hard-working bees are known for slicing through plant leaves, leaving signature holes in their wake.

Q: What's eating my pea leaves? — Ron Boe, Fargo. A: When leaves develop neat, circular holes on the margins of a leaf, it's the work of leafcutter bees, who use the material for nesting. They're good ...

These alfalfa leafcutter bees are a key focus at the NDSU's Insect Cryobiology and Ecophysiology Network lab. The lab is a partnership between the university and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

We all know that lots of different kinds of insects eat leaves. Some just eat the tender bits and leave a skeleton of tough veins behind, while others chew holes in the middle of a leaf. Some make ...