Honeybees are generalists that take pollen and nectar wherever they find it, so your Pacific Northwest natives make for a ...

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, drew my attention to a number of bee-attracting trees. The first of ...

Well, I keep learning through the Master Gardener Volunteer program how important bees are to our crops and gardens. So, I am ...

Wild bee diversity improves when organic farms overlap with perennial meadows. These combinations offer nesting and varied ...

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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 ...

Earlier in the spring, at a local plant sale, I succumbed to another “let’s take a chance” pick — the marigold variety “Lemon ...

The colorful transition between spring and summer includes the return of green foliage, baby geese wandering in fields, ...

With warm soil and just-warming air temperatures, June is the perfect time to get these annuals, herbs, and vegetables into ...

Pollinators move pollen from one flower to another for fertilization and reproduction, giving us honey, fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils and more. While bees are the most commonly known pollinator, they ...