It’s sunflower season; grab your camera to snap some iconic end-of-summer shots at one of these farms, fields, or orchards.

Throughout the Lancaster County region in July are talks about potting houseplants, growing food plots for wildlife, soil ...

Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honey bee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards ...

Sweeter Than Honey So, setting aside honeybees, what can citizens do to truly “save the bees”?

Rent Mason Bees, the nation's largest solitary bee provider, has partnered with researchers at the University of California, Davis to address the alarming spread of the Houdini fly, an invasive ...

Rent Mason Bees, the nation's largest solitary bee provider, has partnered with researchers at the University of California, Davis to address the alarming spread of the Houdini fly, an invasive ...

1,000 ironwork sunflowers are set to fill the grounds of St Bees Priory.

Beth Cummings of Gig Harbor, Wash., stands in front of her bee hotel, which homes the mason bees that pollinate her fruit trees. Image: Martha Ann Overland/NPR ...

As honeybees die off again, some bee enthusiasts want to give mason bees a chance By Martha Ann Overland Published April 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM CDT Listen • 3:53 ...

Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields.