Winter can be gloomy, but holiday parties bring cheer. Hosts are the unsung heroes of the season, and they deserve a little bit of love for their efforts. To ensure our gifts are up to snuff, we ...

Scientific name of bee is Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), part of the Apidae family. Bees are crucial pollinators, adding $18 billion to US agriculture annually. There are over 20,000 species; key ...

Yet until now, it was unclear whether the other 20,000 species of bee use the same genetic switch. To uncover this mystery, Matthew Webster's research group at Uppsala University sequenced the entire ...

Flower garden with a variety of colors, one with a bee on it - Marina Lohrbach/Getty Images As the bee population continues to decline at an alarming rate, it's important to do what we can to help ...

Learn how to craft a charming Honey Bee Mason Tumbler with a dazzling rhinestone lid. Perfect for DIY tumbler enthusiasts and bee lovers! #HoneyBeeTumbler #DIYTumblers #RhinestoneLid #CraftTutorial ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...

When a phrase like ‘killer bees’ buzzes through your social feed, it stings your curiosity. Especially when you hear things like they attack in large swarms and chase people, animals and even cars for ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Our planet runs on pollinators. Without bees, moths, weevils, and ...

Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honeybee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards around ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Everyone was doing it. In the early 2000s, Portland cultivated a reputation for urban homesteading by steadily relaxing zoning laws that hindered the raising of ...

A person taking flowers out of pots - sergey kolesnikov/Shutterstock If you're a gardener, you probably understand the important relationship bees have with plants, from flowers to fruit trees to ...