Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

In a global first, Peru recognizes stingless bees as rights-bearing species, reshaping how insects fit into environmental law ...

Attract beneficial native bees, other than honeybees, that are valued as pollinators by building ready-made housing for them. Polly Wreford - CICO Books Honeybees are critical to fruit, vegetable and ...

About 100 yards down a steep shrubby slope, there’s a low post supporting a green and blue plastic jug. It’s straight out of a psychedelic Tupperware party. “This is a blue vane trap,” says Sydney ...

Ground-nesting native bees can excavate chambers more than 36 inches deep. Next year’s bees develop inside the well-stocked brood cells. To build an insect hotel, stack wooden pallets and fill with ...

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" ...

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 ...

“When California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout its entire length, north and south and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the ocean,” wrote John Muir in 1894’s “The ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Think fast, home gardeners. How would you handle ...

Move over, murder hornets. There’s a new bee killer in town. CU Boulder researchers have found there is growing evidence that another “pandemic,” as they call it, has been infecting bees around the ...

If you want to get the buzz on Virginia bees, a new exhibit at Bridgewater College will highlight locals who do work to ...

When people talk about "Save The Bees!" they usually mean one specific bee: the European Honey Bee. In the US, honey bees are an introduced, domesticated species that we manage intensively, harvest ...