Veterinarians are gingerly embracing the honeybee, a vital pollinator for agriculture but one that’s in increasing danger.
Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators. But ...
Discover why you should grow Joe Pye weed for pollinators. Bees and butterflies love this long-blooming plant, which provides ...
Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...
Thousands of families have been ordered to flee their homes as a fast-moving wildfire grows in Spokane County, Washington, ...
Maintaining two beehives at his Beach Park home for more than four years, Jeff Roberts has learned a lot about the insects. He appreciates the role they play in pollinating plants to produce ...
If you are looking to help the bees in your garden, a pollinator water station is smart - Shutterstock Summer gardens buzz with life when bees dart between flowers and butterflies float through the ...
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) occupy a unique position as managed pollinators with global distribution, often introduced into landscapes where native pollinator assemblages evolved in their absence.
The ongoing effort captures high-quality images and collection data in seconds, creating an online database of bees, beetles, butterflies and flies ...
Canada's wild pollinators are in decline and without a national pollinator plan, many species could be heading for extinction, like the endangered rusty-patched bumblebee or the American bumblebee, ...
Alaska is home to more than a hundred species of native bees, from familiar bumblebees to tiny solitary bees that nest in the ground or in hollow stems. These insects pollinate wi ...