Cultivating the best nectar-producing plants for honey bees and other pollinators is a crucial endeavour for both local and regional insect and bird populations. Growing nectar-rich plants is also ...

But not all bees have the same influence on the plants they pollinate, new research from University of California San Diego scientists has revealed. Pollination by honey bees, which are not native ...

I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, ...

Aug. 20 is National Honey Bee ... The bumble bee provides both field and greenhouse crop pollination services. An easy way to attract bumblebees to your yard is to plant the perennial African ...

Because honey is made by living bees, it is technically not vegan, so most vegans exclude it from their diet. You can try plant-based alternatives like agave, maple syrup, and date syrup.

the honey bee. And while native garden plants such as wild bergamot and common milkweed are vital resources for pollinators, one needs only to look up to find that trees are just as important ...

World Honey Bee Day – celebrated ... which poses a considerable threat to our eco-system. Bees pollinate around one-third of crops and 90 per cent of wild plants, which in turn provides food ...

Joe Hurley plans to build private honey processing plant to filter and bottle honey from the 150 hives he hopes to grow. When Victor resident Joe Hurley started beekeeping five years ago, all he ...