Ready to jazz up your shade garden? Try a colorful ground-covering flower that pollinators can't resist while bringing life ...

When summer heat pushes past comfortable limits, gardens can quickly shift from lively ecosystems into silent, stressed ...

"Don't spray neem oil on flowers, especially when bees are working." ...

Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result ...

That vote came after Celebrate Lexington identified several local flowers and surveyed the public. During Pollinator Week, ...

Pollinators need a little consideration as we head into the hot summer months. A sip of water and a place to rest their wings ...

Ecologists have long seen a strong connection between biodiversity and pollinators—the butterflies, birds, bats, bees, and other insects that help the flowers they snack on fertilize by transferring ...

Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant. For a little sweat equity, we should have a wealth of vegetables in a few months. Apparently, I’m not the ...

The body size, morphology and associated behavioral traits of flower-visiting insects strongly influence the quantity of pollen they transport. Thus, pollinators with similar appearances are often ...

This National Pollinator Month, consider making your outdoor spaces more welcoming, and take the Good Neighbor Iowa pledge to ...

Bees, wasps and even yellow jackets play a vital role in pollination. Understanding their behavior — and learning how to ...

Did you know that you can thank pollinators for one out of every three bites of food you eat? You probably didn't know. In which case you probably aren't thinking much about how your daily life ...