The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...

A native bee sits on a purple flower on the left, while a honey bee sits on a yellow flower on the right. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations ...

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 ...

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 bees can bounce back ...

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 ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...

The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...

If you want to truly support bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, planting a few “pollinator-friendly” flowers isn’t always ...

Numerous studies have found negative impacts of agrochemicals, such as neonicotinoids, on both honey bees and native bees, and researchers like Felicity Muth and her lab at UT Austin are contributing ...

When the Town Mouse visited the Country Mouse, the old fable goes, she politely ate her host’s simple food. But when the pair ventured to the city for the delights of urban life, the Country Mouse ...