Several years ago, a University of Kentucky entomology student developed a list of bee-friendly trees and shrubs for the Ohio Valley region. Bernadette Mach, a doctoral student in the UK College of ...

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 ...

This spring I took delivery of two colonies, each of 10,000 bees, that have taken up residence in two hives in the orchard. From dawn to dusk there is now a constant procession of bees going out to ...

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 these is ...

Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated in support of pollinator health. The majority of crops we eat (fruits, vegetables, and nuts) and most plants found in natural ecosystems across the globe ...

Apologies to Shakespeare, but Carbondale has answered the question of whether it’s nobler to be or … to bee. That’s better than a B if grading, considering that about a third of food we eat comes ...

It's a sad fact that even though bees are essential to pollinating crops, they're also harmed by the pesticides used on those very same plants. Thanks to a new discovery, however, a bee-friendly ...

If you have a green thumb, it may be the perfect time to welcome back pollinators with your own bee-friendly garden. Filling your garden with native plants that attract the vital pollinators can help ...