A Pacific Northwest novelist describes how she became enchanted by bumblebees and invested in their preservation.

We enjoy fruits and vegetables, especially from our gardens, but many of them depend on pollinators. About 75% of flowering ...

I just had to do some research on bees and bee stings. Idaho Fish and Game says, “One out of three bites of food you eat ...

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Carpenter bee holes are easy to miss — they look like small drilled holes, and there may not be many. But the damage ...

Attract bees by planting blue, purple, white, golden, and yellow flowers. We'll show you the best flower varieties to get ...

We just wrapped the most deadly winter on record for commercial honey bees in the U.S. They not only make honey, they also pollinate more than a hundred U.S. crops here for a total of $18 billion in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." What looks like a bumblebee but bores through wood like a drill? The carpenter bee. And if you’ve ever ...