Beware of buying “bee-friendly” plants — they might end up killing your friendly backyard bees. As gardeners have been waking up to the pollinator crisis, many have been planting bee ...

Samples from 36 out of 71 plants, including some labeled “bee-friendly,” contained neonicotinoids, a chemical that several recent studies have linked to the massive decline in bee populations ...

That's the bottom line of a recent study claiming that many plants touted as "bee-friendly" are actually deadly, because they've been pre-treated with pesticides shown to harm and kill bees.

Having a butterfly and bee-friendly garden is more than a stunning view—it's a move toward supporting biodiversity and assisting crucial pollinators to do their magic. By making a few clever decisions ...

The list includes bee-friendly ratings of plants along with the bloom times of each. Mach identified a number of horticulturally desirable but underutilized plants as “bee magnets ...

she asked. “We need to be promoting drought tolerance, native and regionally-adaptive plants that support the bees. In general, we want to ‘bee’ friendly with full-coverage, four-season plants with ...

If you have a green thumb, it may be the perfect time to welcome back pollinators with your own bee-friendly garden. Filling your garden with native plants that attract the vital pollinators can ...