“Save the bees” was a slogan that circulated after scientists warned that essential pollinators are heading for extinction due to several factors like human-induced climate change and a lack of crop ...

Planting more flowers is widely seen as a simple way to help struggling bees. But a new study suggests that, without careful ...

The past 20 years have seen a rapid decline in the honey bee population, facilitated by industrial agriculture, climate change and damaging pesticides. While social media is abuzz with calls to “save ...

A recent study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...

As warm weather finally begins to filter into Michigan, gardeners may be wondering how they can welcome back pollinators with a bee-friendly garden. Filling your garden with native plants that attract ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that more bees equals more pollination, and that bee shortages are to blame for diminishing ...

To produce almonds, Tom Rogers needs bees to pollinate his 175 acres of trees that flower each season in California’s Central Valley. But the cost of importing bees to do the job has shot up in recent ...

Incorporating pollinator plants in your landscape could make you the bee’s knees. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants need insects such as bees to spread pollen and help the plants produce ...

BUTLER TWP. – A busy colony of some of the smallest agricultural workers buzzes not far from Dr. Mike Palermo’s home. He protects the roughly 30,000 pollinators working inside four honeybee hives from ...

Question: Each year I add more plants to our garden to attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. This year I would like to add plants for other types of pollinators. What are species in Sonoma ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...