While ants don’t generally eat grass, the mounds and large network of underground tunnels often damage roots, creating bare patches in your lawn.  Spring is the time when ant activity in your yard ...

Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing tirelessly in and out of squash blossoms ...

Here’s how to discourage carpenter bees from making their homes in yours.

Bees play a central role in agriculture and biodiversity, but when they build hives inside homes or near high-traffic areas, removal often becomes a safety issue. A single colony can number in the ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Think your summer is all sunshine and sweet tea? Not if North Carolina’s most notorious bugs have anything to say about it. The state ...

Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard? Those enormous insects you’ve spotted are carpenter bees, he said. Carpenter bees use their powerful jaws to burrow into wood, leaving “siding, ...

🌸 Don’t be afraid of this buzzing beauty! The Violet Carpenter Bee is one of the largest bees in Europe — but it’s also one of the gentlest. Watch this stunning metallic giant explore flowers up ...

In 2007, the United States Senate unanimously approved a resolution designating a week in June as "National Pollinator Week" (this year it is June 23-29, 2025). In response to the alarm raised by an ...

Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard? That could spell trouble for your deck or fence, according to David Headrick, Cal Poly professor emeritus of entomology and pest management. Those ...