Northern amber bumble bee queen (Bombus borealis) on a dandelion flower. Sarah A. Johnson, CC BY-ND The first days of…
Native bee in Yosemite National Park’s Illilouette Basin. Credit: Lauren Ponisio / UCR Native bees that boost food crops are…
Bee on the window: Photo: Psyche Dekia, Creative Commons, some rights reserved On warm, sunny days in April and May,…
Frontpage Flowering strip plants like sunflowers can help increase bee reproduction, according to a new study. Photo courtesy of Ben…
Honey bee colonies contain three distinct castes of individuals. Each hive contains a single female queen, tens of thousands of…
1. Busy bees Almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination.1 One out…
The bumble bee is one of hundreds of species of bees native to Illinois. (Judy Gallagher / Flickr) Did you…
Q How do bees make honey? Most bee species do not make honey, but those that do, as you might…
Over 80% of the world’s flowering plants must reproduce in order to produce new flowers, according to the U.S. Forest…
A hungry bumble bee cuts a hole in a leaf, stimulating the plant to flower early. When bumblebee queens emerge…