Brought over to North America partially because of their effectiveness, populations of feral European honeybees have proliferated in the American Southwest. While nearly all plants need pollinators, ...

Common Bees of Western North America is the first species-level photographic field guide to the most commonly seen bees in the western United States and Canada, focusing on those that are found in ...

Honeybees, though beloved, are not native to North America and handle just 20% of pollination. Native bees do most of the ...

Gardeners Swear By Bee Balm—Here’s How to Keep It Thriving originally appeared on Dengarden.

The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens feature almost 300 acres of plants and flowers — many native — suited to the northerly climate, and native butterflies like this one in this August 2022 photo.

It’s time these little-appreciated insects get some respect, experts say. ... But what gets easily forgotten is that North America is home to around 4,000 species of wild bees.

While American beekeepers search for solutions, another, potentially worse threat looms: Tropilaelaps mites, which also hail ...

The Pollination Economy: Inside America's Bee Crisis. Clip: Season 2 Episode 4 ... (John) The almond tree is central to the survival of North American beekeeping right now.

Africanized honeybees are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading north, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way.