Smithsonian writer Susan Freinkel and self-proclaimed bee enthusiast Michael Veit about the future of bees through the lens ...

A Southington farm is left to pick up the pieces after a mama bear and her cubs appear to have destroyed over a dozen bee habitats, causing thousands of dollars in damage. It happened at The LEAF, ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

Native bees face a range of serious threats — from habitat loss to climate change to invasive and nonnative species — but pesticides are one of the gravest. Systemic insecticides like neonicotinoids ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

Bees are at the core of this web of life.” Despite their importance, bees face increasing threats due to habitat loss, pesticide use, climate change and diseases. These challenges have led to a ...

Threats like climate change, insecticides and parasites that are decimating bee populations globally are compounded locally by habitat loss, agricultural intensification, unsustainable wild honey ...

Two of the biggest threats to pollinators are habitat loss and pesticide use, but even a small home garden can help by providing food, water, and shelter. Many solitary bees nest on bare ground.