It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an expectant queen must first survive the winter by hibernating alone in the soil, where she’s vulnerable ...

A Pacific Northwest novelist describes how she became enchanted by bumblebees and invested in their preservation.

We enjoy fruits and vegetables, especially from our gardens, but many of them depend on pollinators. About 75% of flowering ...

The weather warms. The snows recede, and vast swaths of wild flora mat the terrain. The first shoots of the perennials are green. What was once brown and hibernating transforms into a verdant, ...

For Richard Mannino, bees are the most important animals on planet Earth. Mannino made the declaration as he began a lecture April 17 on bee keeping at the Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center in ...

One kind woman found a bumblebee lying motionless near her home and noticed its wings were broken. Rather than merely passing it by, she decided to bring the insect home for its last days. She then ...

Do you know which bees can sting and which can’t, or which are likely to live in a bee hotel or make their nests underground?

While I was stalking Western meadowlarks with my camera, a smaller flash of flying black and yellow caught my interest. I don’t see bumblebees often, and this one was not stopping at flowers but it ...

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Our gardens need bees! These vital pollinators are crucial for fruits, vegetables, and vibrant flowers. Declining bee ...