September has its share of silly holidays, such as International Talk Like a Pirate Day and National Butterscotch Pudding Day. While I love pudding, arrr, I think it might be a better idea to ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Honey bees are more likely to thrive when their habitats include organically farmed land and flower strips , new research from Germany shows. A team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Migratory beekeepers in India's Assam state travel from mustard farm to mustard farm timing their visits for when the flowers ...

In late winter, David Bradshaw walks the rows of blossoming almond trees in California’s San Joaquin Valley listening to the hum of his honey bees at work. Some swoop to the base of the flower aiming ...

I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, drew my attention to a number of bee-attracting trees. The first of these is ...