A queen American bumblebee is seen July 11 in a plastic container before being sedated in a cooler to be measured and marked during a survey in Johnson County. Iowa State University researchers are ...

Bees pollinate our crops and make it possible to live in a world with honey. Invite them into your garden with these annuals and perennials.

Melon production relies on effective pollination, with honeybees and native bees playing a critical role in moving the heavy ...

We are all learning more about the benefits of pollinators, which includes scores of insects. But bees bring benefits, especially honey bees. This spring, when our garden clubs met in Sunbury for a ...

Commercial honeybee hives are collapsing around the country, and scientists want to know how to enhance the role of native bees. Watch the video report. To a honeybee, a cranberry bog is like Willy ...

Every year on May 20, the world celebrates World Bee Day, a global call to recognize the vital role bees and other pollinators play in keeping our ecosystems alive and our plates full. This year’s ...

Learn how to support solitary bees and create a home for the native bee populations in your area. Find some important solitary bee hive instructions, support pollinators and boost your plant health.

National Pollinator Week is June 21-27. To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First a botany review. Pollination occurs when pollen is moved within a flower or, in the case of ...

Bees and butterflies might be the best-known pollinators, but they aren’t the only ones. Bats, birds, beetles, wasps and flies play an important role, too. Rae Olsson, a postdoctoral research ...