For many years now, there has been a very strong movement to bring attention to the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem. From my view within the garden industry, this movement has created ...

Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

The weather is cold so what is happening to the bees? Bees go into the hive in a ball called a cluster. As the temperature ...

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

Four major North American beekeeping organizations released the first-ever North American Bee Strategy, a coordinated, continent-wide plan to protect honey bees, strengthen the viability of ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

Above: Bumble bees buzz pollinate crops like tomatoes when they collect pollen, which they store in a ball on their hind legs. It’s hard to deny the absolute benefits of the honey bee, but did you ...

It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...

If you want to get the buzz on Virginia bees, a new exhibit at Bridgewater College will highlight locals who do work to ...