It's National Pollinator Week, which calls to mind honeybees, bumblebees and butterflies swarming the garden, going from flower to flower in pursuit of nectar and pollen. But there's another insect ...

Build a winter garden that nourishes bees, birds, and butterflies, providing flowers, shelters, and water, while engaging ...

As warm weather finally begins to filter into Michigan, gardeners may be wondering how they can welcome back pollinators with a bee-friendly garden. Filling your garden with native plants that attract ...

The past 20 years have seen a rapid decline in the honey bee population, facilitated by industrial agriculture, climate change and damaging pesticides. While social media is abuzz with calls to “save ...

Incorporating pollinator plants in your landscape could make you the bee’s knees. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants need insects such as bees to spread pollen and help the plants produce ...

Honey bees aren’t the only insects that pollinate crops, but we often overlook or lump together all other, non-bee pollinators – flies, beetles, moths, butterflies, wasps, ants, birds, and bats, just ...

On a chilly morning in late April, Amanda Lynch planted a city-issued sign in her family’s front yard. “No Mow May,” it proclaimed. It was her dad’s idea to take part in this environmental initiative ...

Like bees to blossoms, photographers who like to focus on details of the natural world were drawn in large numbers to last year’s inaugural Pollinator Photo Challenge. Presented by Laughlintown’s ...

Plant protection products protect crops from pests, diseases and weeds. However, many of the fungicides, herbicides and ...