provides early spring blooms that can benefit bees and other pollinators. The small flowers are golden yellow and have waxy petals, which don't really look anything like true marigolds.

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

New study shows hibiscus flowers lost bullseye patterns through repeated gene changes, despite bee preference.

Look for single flowers with flat faces; fluffy double flowers deter bees. Choose a diversity of plants and have some that bloom at different times of the year – some plants like Oregon grape ...

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging ... and what other flowers are available. I find these behaviors fascinating. My research looks at how animals ...

You see them on flowers. You see them on your soda can ... They are great crop pollinators. Carpenter bees: They look like bumble bees and are good pollinators, but they don't live in hives ...