Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...

Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the impact is swift and clear: Their floral “sweethearts” produce significantly fewer seeds, a new study finds. The study by Berry Brosi, an ...

Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...

It's National Pollinator Week, which calls to mind honeybees, bumblebees and butterflies swarming the garden, going from flower to flower in pursuit of nectar and pollen. But there's another insect ...

In 2007, the United States Senate unanimously approved a resolution designating a week in June as National Pollinator Week — this year it is June 23-29. In response to the alarm raised by an annual ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as ...

Question: Each year I add more plants to our garden to attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. This year I would like to add plants for other types of pollinators. What are species in Sonoma ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator gains legal standing—and reshapes conservation.