With the honey bee crisis continuing, it's even more important to encourage native bees to ensure good pollination in the ...
Planting tomatoes in the garden this year? Better hope you have bumblebees too, because tomato flowers need a good shaking to get the pollen out. “What the bumblebee does is grab a tomato flower, ...
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" ...
Many of these so-called “solitary bees,” which include mason bees, leafcutter bees, and carder bees, look more like flying ants than fuzzy yellow bees, but they’re valuable pollinators just the same.
The internet was abuzz after a commercial truck overturned in Washington state near the Canadian border, releasing millions of bees into the surrounding area. As detailed by The Associated Press, a ...
Volunteers tend rooftop apiaries and community hives in KC urban neighborhoods, Brookside and Blue Hills, learning beekeeping and ecology.
Anne O’Brien was working in her home office in Glasthule around this time last year when she heard what she describes as an incredible noise. “The sky was dark. There was a bee swarm, moving into a ...
During an era of COVID-19 restrictions, Cornell’s Bee Club remains in bees-ness with in-person beekeeping and educational events. Catherine Crosier ‘22, one of the Bee Club’s co-presidents, says that ...