US lawmakers teed up a final vote on Donald Trump's marquee tax and spending bill for early Thursday after a bruising day of Republican infighting that threatened to derail the ...

A state judge in Albany granted a temporary injunction forcing State to fully implement a law sharply limiting solitary confinement in the prisons after elements ...

Delhi’s first sparrow village, set up in 2022, was devastated in the 2023 floods, but officials said plans are afoot to ...

With bee populations facing serious decline worldwide — like the rusty-patched bumblebee that is now endangered — your backyard can can play a small but meaningful role in helping them recover.

Honey bees are pictured in a beehive in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, on the “world bee day” on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) By Associated Press ...

Honey bees are pictured in a beehive in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, on the "world bee day" on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst ...

• Raise mason bees (spring) or leafcutter bees (summer)—it’s easy and fun! Host crafty solitary bee box-building garden parties or even cocoon-unwrapping parties in the fall.

After the sticks are drilled, assembly of the bee house takes about five minutes. The event also provided markers and crayons to let participants decorate their bee houses, adding some creativity to ...

You'll need to start by preparing your plastic pots. They likely already have drainage holes in the bottom, but add holes to the sides to help with ventilation and drainage. If you plan to hang them ...

A study by Müller et al. showed that, for 85% of solitary bee species examined, the entire pollen content of over 30 flowers is required to provision and rear one larvae. This does not account for the ...

Some 21,000 distinctly different species of bees live worldwide. Some are solitary females who dig their nest tunnels in the ground or dead wood without help. Others are social, living among tens of ...

A 23-year-old ecologist known as "The Bee Man" is on a mission to conserve solitary pollinators by building them structures where they can nest — and he's urging others to do the same.