She read about native bees, their importance to the environment ... In the meantime, the agency is also working with the Xerces Society, one of the co-collaborators on the pollinator health ...

Sow native plants. The Xerces Society has a list of guidelines that make it easy. • Tear out your lawns. Many species of solitary bees require access to bare ground and cover for nesting ...

The Xerces Society advises that “every honeybee ... nearby flowers in overwhelming hive army numbers, it forces native solitary bees to travel farther distances to find pollen, which harms ...

For community scientists interested in helping map data about bumble bees, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute ...

Each year, the United Nations and other organisations bring attention to global issues that demand our attention and urgent ...

Bees, birds, butterflies and even bats and lizards pollinate the plants that we enjoy every day, but their populations are ...

The Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee has a unique life cycle. Like cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species instead of rearing their own young.

One local beekeeper says he has seen fewer bees this year as his swarm traps bring in fewer striped pollinators. Bee decline has an impact on food production, which can affect prices.

Recorder’s front-page article, “Beekeepers report 1.6M colony loss,” reports a worrisome decline in honey bee colonies.

Bees, from honey bees to bumblebees to native bees, are drawn to the conspicuous yellow-hued male flowers. In fact, it boasts a Xerces Society Special Value to Native Bees designation. Note that you ...