Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas purple sage, also known as cenizo or Texas ranger, blooms after rainfall and is the only known pollen source for Andrena ...

Researchers at Washington State University say the newly identified bee appears to rely almost entirely on the cenizo shrub, also known as Texas purple sage, for pollen.

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...