Installing a bee house or bee hotel in your garden is an easy way to make your space more attractive to pollinators and support solitary bees, such as yellow-faced bees, mason bees, and leafcutter ...
It may be tempting to remove a ground bee nest from your outdoor space, but it's wise to understand how their presence ...
The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...
They might be pollinators, but carpenter bees are also a nightmare for homeowners with wooden decks and structures. Here's a ...
Your backyard bee hotel might be doing more harm than good. While intended to help native bees, these structures can attract ...
While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees is causing native bees to disappear, the evidence doesn’t ...
Bumble bees sustain many of our most nutritious crops, while honey bees underpin food production across the globe.
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 ...
Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native bees can bounce back ...