As summer fades and the crisp autumn air settles in, our gardens begin to wind down. But while most of the flowers may be finished for the season, a vital group of garden helpers is just starting to ...

Mason Bees Are Solitary: Each female lays her own eggs, builds her nest, and gathers food. No hive, no queen, no honey—this makes them non-aggressive and they do not sting. They Hibernate in Cocoons: ...

• 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, so 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 ...

For some guests staying at the Hilton Vancouver Washington hotel, scoring a room with a view won’t mean a picturesque city skyline or Columbia River vista. Instead, visitors will see the hotel’s new r ...

Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honeybee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards around ...