People take a lot of time caring for their land, then the elephants come "when you have planted the crops and they are almost ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

A recent survey found an average loss of 62% of bee colonies among commercial operations in less than a year. Causes and ...

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

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

CHALLENGE yourself to find the hidden bee amongst the see of bright flowers. But how long will it take you? Bees are considered the most important group of insects as far as pollination of plants ...

Beekeepers, farmers and growers are all concerned about a widespread collapse of bee colonies across the nation. Beekeepers, as of early February, have seen a loss rate of 70-100% of their colonies ov ...

Pollinators help plants grow and ecosystems thrive, but their decline threatens nature, biodiversity, and food security.

Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. A new finding underscores the importance of ...

A majority of beekeepers around the country have lost at least half of their honey bees in a mysterious disappearance over ...

Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects. As temperatures rise, native ground-nesting bees are among the first to emerge. For most of my life, I confess that I ...