Gardeners know that it is important to attract beneficial insects as pollinators. One pollinator native to our region is the hard-working blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria). They are bluish black ...

A bee that many experts wrote off as gone from New York has quietly buzzed back into the picture. This summer, pollinator ecologist Molly Jacobson spotted the chestnut mining bee, Andrena rehni, in a ...

Amid a years-long decline in the bee population that has startled scientists, experts are now warning that a growing industry is hurting native habitats and potentially leading to further die-offs.

Editor's note: "If This Species Could Talk..." is a weekly column that discusses wildlife and the threats they face. In this week's edition, columnist Sarah Pabin focuses on the blue orchard mason bee ...

One of the true pleasures in the world of gardening has always been and will continue to be cultivating edible food. Toiling in that soil for the purpose of growing and then harvesting your very own ...

A blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria, nectaring on an almond blossom, and its enemy, a kleptoparasitic fly, Cacoxenus indagator. (Bee image by UC Davis doctoral candidate Abigail Lehner of the Neal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A rare bee species was spotted in Syracuse for the first time at a SUNY College of Environmental ...

Starting next spring, Battle Point Park is going bee-friendly. Parks natural resources manager Morgan Houk announced a new policy around mowing at Battle Point Park that will protect pollinating ...

Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

When Rachel left for the Peace Corp, she always planned on returning to the family orchard where she grew up working with her grandparents. She got her first taste of beekeeping while working in ...