Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

A new method of examining gene expression patterns called landscape transcriptomics may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are ...

"Insects play vital roles in enabling ecosystems to function, including pollination, decomposition and pest control," lead ...

Want to welcome an abundance of bees and butterflies to your garden this summer? Garden experts have revealed that planting agastache is the one thing you should do to encourage bees and butterflies ...

Johnson's Nature's Lawn with Mowable Wildflowers is the perfect way to create a beautiful, low-maintenance garden that with ...

Hello, and welcome back to Everyday Science.Where I live, in the south-east, we have just had run of warm and sunny days, ...

To design a garden that supports the greatest number and diversity of pollinators, don’t worry about what your neighbors are doing or not doing. Just focus on planting different kinds of flowers—and ...

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To design a garden that supports the greatest number and ... different kinds of flowers—and lots of them. To test whether bees are more plentiful in natural areas, Russo and her team planted ...

Writing for The Conversation, Laura Russo, a University of Tennessee assistant professor who studies bees and other pollinators ... organic farms to a botanical garden and an arboretum.