One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

A bumblebee collects pollen on a sunflower at Keith Hilltop Terrace in Altoona. Bees use their front legs to comb pollen from its body while mixing it with nectar. Then the sticky mixture is pressed ...

A Kihei honey bee collects nectar and pollen from the blooms of a Manila palm Thursday morning. While bees use nectar to make honey, pollen is an important protein source for colony life. Worker bees ...

Honeybees collect a surprising amount of pollen from plants like goldenrod, poison ivy, clover and ragweed — “Things that most people would consider weeds,” said Kimberly Stoner, the senior author of ...

Humans have been keeping honeybees for thousands of years, yet the insects still manage to surprise us. Lost in the debate over what is causing the death of bees is how intricately complex their lives ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In a quiet field outside Bloomington, Indiana University researchers check in on their honeybees. "So what we're looking for right now is brood and that is the developing larvae," ...

Howard Garrett / Special Contributor What’s up with the leaves of Virginia creeper being spotted and shredded? It’s a good vine and groundcover, even though it’s becoming too aggressive and even ...