Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

SEATTLE — Bees and other pollinating insects are threatened by habitat degradation and pesticides. The number of pollinators has gone down and some species are endangered. Three-fourths of the world's ...

She converted her own St. Paul boulevard to a "bee garden" -- filled with bee-friendly flowering plants, including bee balm, purple prairie clover, cup plant, New England aster and giant hyssop -- ...

Gardeners can prepare for spring 2025 by building a bee-friendly garden. The vital pollinators are in need of conservation as their populations decline. If you have a green thumb, it may be the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Watching a hummingbird hover in place to sip nectar from your feeder is a gratifying experience. Small but surprisingly sturdy, hummingbirds ...

Every year on 20 May, we celebrate World Bee Day to remind everyone how important bees are. Bees help plants grow by moving pollen between flowers. This is called pollination, and it helps almost 90% ...

Question: Each year I add more plants to our garden to attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. This year I would like to add plants for other types of pollinators. What are species in Sonoma ...

There are some 20,000 different species of bees here on planet Earth, and of those 20,000 species, one out of every four are at risk of extinction, according to The Bee Conservancy. Why should that ...