Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

The term pollinators is broad and includes all animals that transfer pollen, which contains DNA, from one flower to another. The most well-known pollinators are European honeybees, but the term also ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve done a lot with my backyard to make it much more pollinator- and hummingbird-friendly. I’m planning to make it an even better habitat for native bees by including more native plants ...

This has been a question I’ve been asked and the point of lengthy discussion for many, many years now. The short answer is both! Why? Because planting biodiversity is the key to growing a healthy ...

Smoke pours over the colony of bees, dousing the air in a sweet, earthy smell of burning wood. Drake Elting holds the smoker ...

With the first day of spring, March 20, now here, it is time to sweep the cobwebs from the tools in the garden shed and start planting!

“When California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout its entire length, north and south and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the ocean,” wrote John Muir in 1894’s “The ...

Many people conflate all bees together, but native solitary bees are actually very different from honeybees. Solitary bees are native, while honeybees are introduced species. Honeybees in Arizona are ...

The United States has an amazing and diverse array of native bees. Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every ...

Honey bees and other pollinating insects contribute billions of dollars to the American economy. (Photo by Keng-Lou James Hung) Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a ...