"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy ...

Bees are invaluable to a garden as they help to pollinate plants and without them there would be significantly less flowers, fruits and vegetables in the garden. There are some key ways you can help ...

Nutrition is just as important for bees as for humans, but restoration efforts haven’t taken into consideration which plants will provide the best nutrition to bees. Restoration of bee habitat is ...

The harvest looks like nothing more than little piles of dirt. Here inside Landis Homes’ woodworking shop, they might be mistaken for sawdust. Look closer to see tiny circles of mud, a yellow ball of ...

Hummingbirds and bees are both valuable assets to your garden. These strong pollinators play a vital role in the ecosystem, sustaining plants' natural life cycles by transferring pollen from flower to ...

Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds to your garden. The fragrant perennial shrub has a tubular flower that is perfectly suited to the birds' beaks. Fenkep Now that the last cold snap of winter ...

This spring, I was getting scared because I saw so few bees in any of the gardens I visited. Finally in early May, whew! Bees of many kinds began to appear, along with many other insect pollinators.

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 ...

Incorporating pollinator plants in your landscape could make you the bee’s knees. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants need insects such as bees to spread pollen and help the plants produce ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – Thyra McKelvie holds a blue box laden with small cocoons and tiny, sluggish blue orchard mason bees waking up from their time in refrigeration. They're moving slowly now, but soon ...