Are giant black bees buzzing around your backyard? That could be bad news for your home, deck or fence, according to ...
We enjoy fruits and vegetables, especially from our gardens, but many of them depend on pollinators. About 75% of flowering ...
Scientists say the pollinators' ability to find their way back home is vital to the survival of the entire colony.
Credit: One of the best ways to attract more hummingbirds to your yard is by hanging feeders filled with homemade nectar.
Honey bees aren’t the only insects that pollinate crops, but we often overlook or lump together all other, non-bee pollinators – flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, wasps, ants, birds, and bats, just ...
Flowering "bee lawns" that attract pollinators are a compromise between fastidious turf management and the more casual yard approach. They add biodiversity to the landscape and need less maintenance.
For humans, humidity often makes us cranky, sweaty, and downright uncomfortable. For sweat bees, humidity changes their ...
A type of bee can change its color based on humidity. Dry air makes it look blue green, while humid air shifts it to coppery ...
In the summer of 2011, panic gripped a small community in Gatineau, Quebec. Hundreds of small, striped insects were buzzing around a children’s playground. The playground was evacuated and ...