Pre-made bee hotels being sold in shops and online are often not designed to protect native bees. Experts warn that cheap imported options may actually harm native species, as they can be treated ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — 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 ...

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Native truths about other bees Of the 20,000 species of bees worldwide, at least 1,000 live in the state, according to the Colorado Native Pollinating Insect Health Study, which was authorized by ...

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more important than honeybees Skip to main content Scientific American ...

Many gardeners grow bee balm (Monarda spp.) to feed monarch butterflies and hummingbirds, not to forget, native bees. But because they spread through rhizomes, bee balms can take over your garden ...

In 2021, the plot was filled with an array of native plants, including common milkweed, bee balm, ironweed, blue vervain and monkey flower. Already Zarrillo has observed that “some very ...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has proclaimed Aug. 15 this year as Oregon Native Bees Conservation Awareness Day. “Wild and native bees being critical for pollination services for Oregon’s cultivated ...

Thinking of starting a pollinator garden? Experts suggest growing a variety of native plants that provide year-round nectar and pollen to butterflies, moths, bees, wasps and hummingbirds. It’s best to ...

On an afternoon in late summer, the bees that live at a Long Beach ... honey-based lip balm and seed packs for native California plants. A contest to name the queen of each hive is coming up.

Native bees produced those gardens; today, we have 1,600 species of native bees in California. They are diverse in appearance from each other and from honey bees, which were brought from Europe in ...

These are hybrids but the Monarda didyma, commonly called scarlet bee balm, is native to 26 states and Canada. It is a mystery to me that I have not run into a native patch of these.