In western Tanzania, native bee populations are doing more than just making honey.

“When California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout its entire length, north and south and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the ocean,” wrote John Muir in 1894’s “The ...

When most people think of bees, they think of honeybees living in hives; but do you recognize native bees? Most native bees are solitary, living in a hole inside a tree, a hollow plant stem, or ...

The issues that bees and their keepers face make the intersection of research and the beekeeping industry all the more ...

Native plants and insects evolved together making them the best match for each other. Nativar flowers often have reduced ...

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 ...

When you think ‘bees,’ you probably think of a neat stack of white hive boxes and the jars of honey on the store shelves. But there’s a lot more to bees than the agricultural staple, the European ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a new study suggests that, under certain conditions, the native bees can bounce back ...

A garden can do more than look pretty—it can work like a living support system for bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects.

In two weeks, two Arizonans were left hospitalized after bee attacks. A third-generation beekeeper told KGUN 9 the attacks ...

Honey bees and other pollinating insects contribute billions of dollars to the American economy. (Photo by Keng-Lou James Hung) Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a ...