Bee experts wouldn’t have previously expected to find the likes of Osmia cyaneonitens, Dufourea dilatipes and Stelis heronae in Washington. But this year, researchers added eight new bee species to a list of the state’s native pollinators.

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-bee-species-washington.html

Photo: Autumn Maust

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by Kiyomi Taguchi, University of Washington