Orchard growers looking for alternatives to honey bees for managed pollination services have new reason to be optimistic about the potential of one honey bee cousin, the blue orchard bee. A recent ...

Native bees are a natural hidden treasure. From forests and coastal wetlands, to farms and urban gardens, there are over 3,500 native bee species in the United States providing an invaluable ecosystem ...

As spring approaches, bees and other insects will start coming out from their winter hideaways. I’m excited to see my little ...

Anne O’Brien was working in her home office in Glasthule around this time last year when she heard what she describes as an incredible noise. “The sky was dark. There was a bee swarm, moving into a ...