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" ...

A group of garden enthusiasts gathered around a table at the Charleston Horticultural Society headquarters with a set of supplies: empty 24-ounce beer cans, six-inch bamboo sticks and wide burlap ...

Many people conflate all bees together, but native solitary bees are actually very different from honeybees. Solitary bees are native, while honeybees are introduced species. Honeybees in Arizona are ...

The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...

Bees need us and we need them. In your yard, plant a succession of spring, summer and fall flowering plants so bees have a continual source of nectar. In return, they help pollinate plants in our home ...

Nutrition is just as important for bees as for humans, but restoration efforts haven’t taken into consideration which plants will provide the best nutrition to bees. Restoration of bee habitat is ...

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 ...

In Boulder, Colorado, the grasses and prairie flowers of the Great Plains wave as they stretch up, eventually giving way to the Ponderosa pines that dot the Rocky Mountains. This ecosystem overlap is ...