Pollination, the transfer of pollen from male to female parts of the same or a different flower, is necessary to produce ...

Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects. As temperatures rise, native ground-nesting bees are among the ...

Honey bees aren’t the only insects that pollinate crops, but we often overlook or lump together all other, non-bee pollinators – flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, wasps, ants, birds, and bats, just ...

Rent Mason Bees’ Mason bee kits ($60) include a Mason bee house, nesting block, bag of clay, pollinator flower seeds, and 50 to 60 Mason bee cocoons sent in spring. The pollinator package ($95) ...

In 2007, the United States Senate unanimously approved a resolution designating a week in June as National Pollinator Week — this year it is June 23-29. In response to the alarm raised by an annual ...

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In Episode 132 of Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, Thyra McKelvie of Rent Mason Bees shares with us the important role solitary bees play in pollinating our planet and how we can set up a ...

Mason bees are “adorable little bees gaining popularity with gardeners and farmers because of how easy they are to care for and their incredible pollination skills,” she says. “Before honeybees were ...