Q: I recently moved and am ready to start focusing on my garden. A friend told me that I should plant flowers that attract bees, but I’m not sure I want these insects around my home. Why are bees ...

When most people think of bees, they picture honey bees buzzing around a hive. But honey bees are just a small part of a much ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many years now, there has been a very strong movement to bring attention to the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Many people fear bees, but what we should all fear is a life without bees. Bees contribute billions of dollars to the United States agriculture sector every year. In fact, more than ...

Why Are Honey Bees Important? Pollinators like honey bees are crucial in agriculture, affecting one out of every three bites of food we eat. So it’s important for gardeners to support them. Grow ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

SWANTON, Ohio — For many of us, the simple honey bee is something we only associate with honey and painful stings. But beekeepers understand their impact goes much further. "If you don't have your ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...