Question: I’m looking to add some more bee-friendly perennial plants to my flower garden this summer. Can you make some recommendations? It would be a bonus if the deer don’t eat them, but I know that ...

Incorporating pollinator plants in your landscape could make you the bee’s knees. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants need insects such as bees to spread pollen and help the plants produce ...

Many people do not realise that December is the perfect time to prepare your garden for bees, which will begin to emerge next ...

To protect wild bees for the future, scientists identified which plants we can grow to give them a complete, healthy diet As critical pollinators, bees keep our agricultural systems going — but ...

This has been a question I’ve been asked and the point of lengthy discussion for many, many years now. The short answer is both! Why? Because planting biodiversity is the key to growing a healthy ...

Just as the sunshine and warm weather are welcomed during the summer, bugs and bees are not entirely anticipated. While they are a necessary part of life (although an argument could be made for ...

Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months of 2015 ...

Bees and other pollinators are threatened by an assortment of factors, such as pests, pathogens, pesticides, climate change and a loss of nesting habitat and forage plants. Many gardeners are ...

Herbs are among the most useful plants in nature. They can tantalize the taste buds, help cure what ails you, oil the body, perfume the air and attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. “People are ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Honeybees get all the attention, but they aren’t the only bees pollinating our gardens. As National Pollinator Week nears June 18 to 24, it’s time to bring them into the limelight.