MILWAUKEE - If you go for a walk from mid-April through May in an old Wisconsin forest, odds are you may have noticed diverse beds of flowers less than a foot high. These are spring ephemerals – short ...

Wild bees pollinate the crops and wild plants that feed us and sustain entire ecosystems, but many of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in decline. Loss of habitat is chiefly to blame, especially the ...

A person taking flowers out of pots - sergey kolesnikov/Shutterstock If you're a gardener, you probably understand the important relationship bees have with plants, from flowers to fruit trees to ...

This April 16, 2018 photo shows a newly purchased queen bee, shown marked with white paint on her back in a queen cage, near Langley, Wash. Worker bees eventually will eat a piece of candy placed as a ...

BOTHELL, Wash., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As winter thaws and temperatures rise, mason bees will soon emerge! Once temps reach 55°F+, these essential pollinators wake from hibernation, ready to ...

As spring sets in across Michigan, bees will be buzzing as warm, sunny days bring the return of these pollinators. Here's a look at some common bee species in Michigan. Some nest in the ground, some ...

You know spring is just around the corner when you see a red haze spread across woodland areas, suburban yards and city streets. “One of the first signs of spring is the red haze over the bare limbs ...

News Pacific NW In cool spring, bees struggle to pollinate Northwest cherry crop May 13, 2022 Updated Fri., May 13, 2022 at 9:42 p.m. One honey bee nestles in a flower and another is in flight at Hood ...

An image of a mining bee, also referred to as a ground bee. screenshot Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation Spring has begun to show its face in South Carolina, filling yards again with ...

Lila Westreich receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research program. The first days of spring – ...

Matthias Becher works for RIFCON GmbH, Germany. He received funding from UKRI NERC for supporting the development of BEESTEWARD (project NE/P016731/1). Tonya Lander does not work for, consult, own ...