The cemetery's location near a major orchard may explain why so many bees chose to nest there for over a century.

A Cornell technician collected some in a jar during a walk and brought them to her boss. What they found was historic.

The discovery started with one curious walk through a historic cemetery in Ithaca, New York and a jar of specimens.

Researchers at Cornell University have found one of the world’s largest and oldest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees beneath East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, estimating around 5.5 ...

9-year-old Artharva Bomman is one of two Pima County students who will be heading to the 2026 Arizona State Spelling Bee this weekend. Bomman, a fourth grader from Legacy Traditional School, and ...

Researchers at Cornell University in New York State have documented one of the most significant aggregations of mining bees ...

Chilaka Ugobi won the 2026 North Dakota State Spelling Bee on Monday at the Bismarck Event Center, correctly spelling "eviscerate" to secure back-to-back titles.