You know honeybees make honey, but did you know they make bread too? And four other types of bees are also dedicated chefs!

To provide nectar and pollen for bees and pollinators all-year round, our expert gardeners have put together the best plants for bees for every season. We've also grown many of these plants in our ...

A bumblebee’s brain is smaller than a sesame seed. But it can still accomplish quite a bit.“You don’t need a big brain to learn well,” said Felicity Muth, an assistant professor in the Department of ...

It is unlikely that bees collected all 81%. Why is so much oilseed rape nectar wasted? First, spring is a good season for bee foraging, with many flowers and few insects. Bumble bee colonies ...

Bumblebees show impressive learning skills, especially queen bees. Caffeine in nectar tricks bees into revisiting flowers by boosting memory.

Bees are hardwired to seek out food and other bees. If they find appealing ecosystems such as undisturbed structures, untrimmed plants, and cool, safe attic spaces, a queen may decide to form a ...

Everyone loves bees, butterflies, other pollinators and ... And many gardeners and homeowners have planted native plants that these insects need as a food source and habitat throughout the growing ...