TACOMA — This spring you might want to welcome some apartment dwellers into your back yard. They’re peaceful (especially the males), they keep to themselves and don’t require much work from you. Oh, ...

Mason bees aren’t suffering from the colony collapse disorder that’s threatening honeybees, which makes them even more crucial to human food production. But humans can definitely give mason bees a ...

Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in record numbers. Commercial beekeepers are reporting losses this year ranging between ...

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HERE’S A DIFFERENT kind of home-design idea: Set up a bee house in your yard this summer. These might not be the bees you are thinking of. No hives. No honey. No aggressive behavior. Instead, gentle ...

Researchers call mason bees “the new frontier” for crop pollination. In recent years, many farmers say they have bought or rented mason bees because they are affordable, low maintenance, improve crop ...

Learn how to support solitary bees and create a home for the native bee populations in your area. Find some important solitary bee hive instructions, support pollinators and boost your plant health.