Often dismissed as pests, these creatures are more important than you think ...

An estimated 50 percent of bees in Michigan and nationwide were wiped out this past winter, making it more important than ever to help pollinators survive ...

Allowing some of your herbs to flower in summer, such as this common culinary ingredient, can be a great way to attract the ...

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...

Along with being a host plant for monarchs, it provides an abundant source of nectar to a range of insects like bees, beetles ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 16, 2026) A study of organic tomato agroecosystems with managed and wild bees, published in Apidologie, affirms the importance of protecting natural systems to support ...

Pollinator gardens don't have to rely on flowers, herbs, or trees alone. One resilient plant can help fill bare spots while ...

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 ...

A bee was seen packing a huge amount of pollen into its hind-leg baskets while pollinating a prickly pear cactus flower in ...

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 ...

The gardener first noticed something was wrong when her squash plants flowered heavily but produced almost no fruit.

Bees, wasps and even yellow jackets play a vital role in pollination. Understanding their behavior — and learning how to ...