Bees pollinate in the spring because this is when both plants and bees most need each other. After winter, flowering plants begin to bloom, offering fresh pollen and nectar. For bees, these foods are ...

Florida's native bees are more efficient pollinators than honeybees and crucial for your garden. Learn how to attract these ...

Did you know that honey bees are not native to the United States?

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — National Pollinator Week runs from June 16 through June 22 this year. The annual event, founded by Pollinator Partnership and first recognized by the U.S. Senate in 2007, aims ...

Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, may be outcompeting native bees for pollen. Ed Reschke via Getty Images Honeybees are often heralded as a symbol of biodiversity and a key species ...

Flowers pollinated by honeybees make fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. That could be because honeybees spend more time buzzing between flowers of the same plant ...

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SAN ANTONIO – This is Pollinator Week — a time to celebrate birds, bats, bees, beetles and butterflies. Even if you’re not a bat or bug person, your life is still directly affected by pollinators ...

My Decatur neighbor, Daniel Ballard, an ecological landscaper, sent a note last week excitedly saying that scores of little dirt mounds had popped up on a grassy expanse on the Decatur High School ...