The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, ...

Also known as mining bees and digger bees and often confused with honeybees, ground bees are a species that become active in early spring, creating several holes in well-drained soil to serve as ...

Foundation plants don’t have to be boring. Our list of evergreens, small shrubs, perennials, and ground covers can make a colorful foundation garden ... It ranges from a foot to 18 inches tall, ...

All products and services featured are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Carpenter bees are ...

Africanised bees are notorious in the Americas for their aggressive behaviour, but these fierce little pollinators may be the answer to declining honeybee numbers. Their demeanour has earned them the ...

Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees and bumblebees, often live in hives or nests, above or below the ground, while most ...

Bees are amazing creatures ... like bluebells or primrose in spring. If a bee is on the ground moving very slowly, it might be a bit dehydrated. This tends to happen in summer when the weather ...

But as the week wore on, the bees began gaining ground. They started to swarm near the entrance of the nest, creating a living carpet of guards. Each time a hornet flew too close, some of the ...

A study carried out by WWF and Buglife looked at the state of bees in the east of England and found that 17 species have already gone regionally extinct. Almost 90% of the world’s wild plants depend ...

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities. Pollination is, however, a fundamental process for the survival of our ...

Ivan Toney is capable of the same impact made by Christian Eriksen when he returned to playing football following a cardiac arrest, according to Brentford boss Thomas Frank. The 27-year-old ...