On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

There are more than 550 species of bee native to North Carolina and chances are many of them make their home in your garden ...

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground ... that can make it harder for them to survive. Exposed bees become weak and disoriented, so ...

Honey bees make a series of vertical honeycombs made of wax. Their colonies mostly occupy manufactured ... and underneath objects on the ground. Some species will nest higher up in trees or wall ...

Most ground-nesting wasps are solitary and ... entomologist with Clemson University. “Their numbers can reach the thousands. Unlike honey bees that can sting only once, wasps can sting multiple ...

With tubular tongues, western honeybees in Langen, Germany, slurp up water to carry back to their ... the bees began gaining ground. They started to swarm near the entrance of the nest, creating ...

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

Cottontails who survive winter see their population begin to rebound in March, when females give birth to the first litter of ...

As the groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter, gardeners eagerly await spring but can use this time wisely to plan and prepare for a pollinator-friendly landscape. Pollinators such as bees, ...

Gardens are full of life, and while that often means welcoming beautiful birds, flowers, and insects, it can also mean sharing your space with creatures that ... Continue Reading → ...