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Why Gardners Love It. Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and butterflies—including monarchs, which ...

Insects buzzed among the blooming wildflowers at Mosier Gulch Recreation Area on a sunny afternoon in early June.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

Iowa's Bumble Bee Atlas is in its second year and looking for volunteers across the state. Volunteers should watch two online training videos, create a Bumble Bee Watch account, adopt one of Iowa ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. It has been burning on federal ...

Read more on our AI policy here. Chiquito Fire initially started 11:15 a.m. May 20 in Orange County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 17 days.

A new wildfire was reported today at 12:45 p.m. in Orange County. Casta Fire has been burning on private land. There is currently no information on the containment or cause of the fire.

Some queens don’t rule nonstop. A new study from the University of California, Riverside shows that even bumble bee queens, the sole founders of their colonies, take regular breaks from ...

Egan said they have a shiny dark brown or black appearance with lighter brown to orange legs and mandibles. Still, he noted it can be difficult to distinguish them from other ants without an expert.