Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bumble bee on an azalea flower (Rhododendron spp.) New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston. March in New England ...

Millions of solitary ground-nesting bees, estimated between 3.1 and 8 million, have been discovered thriving beneath New York ...

I live in a part of North Berwick that has super sandy soil. We have a small river out back bordered by a floodplain that floods at least a couple of times a year, and is shaded by pines and covered ...

What do bees do in cold weather? When it is below the mid-50s, the bees go into the hive and form a cluster. They keep the queen in the center of the cluster. They vibrate their wing muscles to stay ...

A warm winter and dry spring could be making bees more vulnerable.

Mason bees hibernate in cocoons through the winter and emerge in early spring, pollinating up to 95% of fruit tree and flower blooms. They are easy to host, require no beekeeping skills, and are ideal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring has begun to show its face in South Carolina, filling yards again with life, including the buzzing of bees. However, when ...

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 ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do insects. As temperatures rise, native ground-nesting bees are among the ...