Show kids the importance of bee habitats like flower patches. Help provide a safe place for the buzzers—which pollinate an estimated one-third of the food we eat—by building a bee hotel near ...

Gardeners can attract bees to our gardens with the right mix of plants and flowers. Here are several key tips on landscaping ...

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

Joe-pye weed, cardinal flower, and bee balm are great late summer perennials, followed by goldenrod and asters in the fall. Two of the biggest threats to pollinators are habitat loss and pesticide ...

Buzz pollination—a process in which bees extract pollen by vibrating flowers—occurs in more than 20,000 plant species. Among the most specialized examples are the wildflowers of the ...