Small but mighty, pollinators contribute to everything from aster to apples to almond butter. June marks National Pollinator Month, the perfect time to celebrate Indiana’s 400-plus species of native ...

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

Creating a pollinator garden also means thinking about long-term care. Many common lawn and garden chemicals are linked to ...

Lauren Anderson, founder of Calm and Confidence, holds a frame full of comb and covered in honey bees. Credit: Sara Reeves As humanity continually seeks to reconnect with the rhythms of nature, one ...

Bees, she realized, could bridge the gap between textbook science and real-life learning. When her students needed a senior project, Anderson proposed something unexpected: using her school's ...

Jessy O'Keefe runs Seaside Honeybees, a business that installs and manages beehives for clients in Wilmington, NC. Many people are renting beehives to help pollinate their gardens and the surrounding ...

Julia Maruca Wednesday, June 5, 2024 4:00 a.m. | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 4:00 a.m. Things are looking brighter in the bee business. But maintaining healthy and productive hives keeps people like Drew ...

Flora Molyneaux is a beekeeper who owns two apiaries, consisting of 30 hives, around Lane County. Molyneaux's beekeeping practices follow the seasons, with active work in spring and summer, hive ...

Thousands of native bee species buzz about our continent, tending to our gardens and ecosystems. Some are obvious, like chunky bumblebees. Others are harder to spot, like tiny fairy bees. “Native bees ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...

This post was updated Oct. 22 at 7:50 p.m. The Hammer Museum was abuzz with Bee Week festivities. During Bee Week, which lasted from Oct. 13 to Sunday, the Hammer Museum hosted honey tastings, bee ...

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 ...