Honeybees are nature’s tiny workers. Their fuzzy yellow and black striped bodies buzz between flowers, picking up pollen for their hives. They’re renowned for making honeycomb, a mass of hexagonal ...

Gardeners can prepare for spring 2025 by building a bee-friendly garden. The vital pollinators are in need of conservation as their populations decline. If you have a green thumb, it may be the ...

Carpenter bees vs. bumblebees. Carpenter bees have “shiny, iridescent, hairless” abdomens that can reflect blue, black and purple colors, while bumblebees aren’t shiny at al ...

THIS YEAR’S Great Plant Picks theme will have you dreaming about a lively year-round pollinator paradise filled with bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Miller Garden executive director Richie Steffen ...

There are hardly any flowering plants left, and food for honey bees is becoming scarce. Researchers at the Biocenter have ...

Well, we blinked, and now it’s August, usually the dog days of summer, a.k.a. SoCal’s hottest temps of the year, when your zucchini go into hyperdrive and your tomatoes stop producing because it’s ...

Bee season is all the buzz in North Carolina. Last week, we told you about carpenter bees, which are one of the most effective pollinators in in the state. Unfortunately, they can also leave behind ...