For Richard Mannino, bees are the most important animals on planet Earth. Mannino made the declaration as he began a lecture April 17 on bee keeping at the Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center in ...

Oct. 10 -- Last month, the "Jane Does" book club from Raleigh, N.C. were assigned the book Three Junes. This month, the "Jane Does" assigned the "Wine, Women And Jeffrey" book club in Columbus, Ohio a ...

Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees might have been written with the calculation of getting chosen for Oprah’s Book Club. (It wasn’t, though it did make Good Morning America‘s reading list.) The ...

Where do mason bees live? Learn about the mason bee life cycle, mason bee predators, and what you can do to help this gentle and productive pollinator. Mason bees are one of Mother Nature’s most ...

The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, winter gives us a chance to encourage a natural rhythm. As the first signs ...

On the front porch of an old Coast Guard station on Appledore Island, seven miles off the southern coast of Maine, Thomas Seeley and I sat next to 6,000 quietly buzzing bees. Seeley wore a giant pair ...

Its unusual diet raises new questions about how it survives.

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

Would you believe me if I told you one of the best films of the year is a Macedonian documentary about the last female wild beekeeper in Europe? You should — because it is. “Honeyland,” which won the ...

Gardens buzz with life, especially when they host flowers that attract bees. These industrious pollinators are drawn to blooms that provide rich nectar and pollen sources. The dance between flowers ...