Without them, many fruits, vegetables, and flowering plants would struggle. Yet, bee populations are under threat. Fortunately, DIY gardeners can bridge the divide and help keep bees safe. Experts say ...

Smart Hives: Designing for Native Bees is design specific for native, solitary bees, which are some of our most important pollinators. Found and recycled materials, as well as clay, paper, wood, and ...

Learn how to support solitary bees and create a home for the native bee populations in your area. Find some important solitary bee hive instructions, support pollinators and boost your plant health.

Bees mean honey and hives, queens and colonies. Honeybees came to North America from Europe in the 17th century and are important to agriculture as pollinators, especially for non-native crops. But ...

DULUTH — Fat and furry honeybees slipped in and out of their hive made from a set of color-coded boxes. The bottom boxes, or deeps, are where the queen creates new bees, said Claire Lande. The top two ...

Spring has finally arrived in the U.S., bringing its bright spectacle of budding trees and migrating birds, along with more subtle but equally important changes—among them, the first emergence of ...