We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural ...

Most gardeners trying to help bees are accidentally harming them. Before you plant another bee-friendly border or pick up another flat of flowering perennials from the garden center, there are nine ...

Every jar of honey is a chemical archive of the flowers a bee visited and the season it lived through. This week, on Climate ...

(KXAN) – A study by Agricultural Research Service, which is the in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, showed honey bees revisit the same flower patch more often than bumble ...