“They’re some of the earliest spring fliers,” says Skvarla. Many types of mason bees hatch out in early to mid-spring, but other species hatch in mid to late summer. Many types of mason bees ...

Support local ecosystems, promote biodiversity and provide food and shelter for overwintering pollinators! Winterize your ...

Scientists in Utah put sticky traps on car bumpers to tally how many bees get hit on a typical trip. The broader toll is immense, they estimate.

things that these native pollinators are already working on," Moss said during the spring briefing ... The duo initially planned to build a house just for native mason bees. The project morphed into a ...

Each spring, mated queens emerge from hibernation ... a narrow range of plants (Bosch & Kemp 2004). For example, the mason bees (~ 130 species in North America) pollinate blueberries, blackberries ...

The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, ...

On the first day of summer 2013, agriculture officials confirmed that 50,000 bees—likely representing more than 300 colonies—discovered dead in a shopping mall parking lot in Wilsonville, Oregon, were ...

Collecting minute amounts of nectar and pollen from flowering plants spread across the landscape and bringing them to a central hive location, honey bees produced a glorious, sticky manna. When ...

A bumblebee’s brain is smaller than a sesame seed. But it can still accomplish quite a bit.“You don’t need a big brain to learn well,” said Felicity Muth, an assistant professor in the Department of ...

Where once there were vast areas of forest and other natural habitats, farmland now covers much of Earth—including 70% of the ...

The flowers provide a natural source of nectar for butterflies, bees and birds. Plant 20 to 30cm apart to create a neat and colourful border from spring to autumn. With a growth habit of 36cm high ...