Digger bees are solitary flying insects that dig small round holes in loose ... grow and are of particular importance in the vegetable garden, pollinating early vegetables like squash and beans.

It doesn’t really hurt the plant; it’s just a tiny piece of the rose bush. Beyond these bees, there is the sweat bee, infamous because it is attracted to the salt in our sweat. It is probably ...

A biologist explains what to focus on if you’re designing a garden with pollinators in mind − and what you don’t need to worry about.

I study bees and other pollinators ... As our research shows, small patches of garden can help boost pollinators—even when the surrounding landscape has few resources for them.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Several hundred honey bees in rural Pennsylvania and New York are sporting tiny high-tech accessories—miniature QR codes glued to their backs. These tags aren’t just ...

Entomologists are gluing tiny QR codes on honey bees to better track the pollinators’ travel habits and life cycles. In doing so, they hope to gain a more complete and accurate understanding of ...