The term pollinators is broad and includes all animals that transfer pollen, which contains DNA, from one flower to another. The most well-known pollinators are European honeybees, but the term also ...

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 ...

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 California State Beekeepers Association website also noted a lack of support for the U.S. honey market. Seventy-four ...

LOS ANGELES — In the arid, cracked desert ground in Southern California, a tiny bee pokes its head out of a hole no larger than the tip of a crayon. Krystle Hickman crouches over with her specialized ...

One of the best ways to support bees and other pollinators is to plant bright flowers that provide good sources of pollen and ...

This spring, I was getting scared because I saw so few bees in any of the gardens I visited. Finally in early May, whew! Bees of many kinds began to appear, along with many other insect pollinators.

Gardner said that collecting bees hasn’t been shown to have any impact on insect population sizes. Pesticide use, climate change, agricultural intensification and urbanization all have a far greater ...