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This is a good method if you wish to keep sweat bees away from a very specific part of your yard, such as your outdoor ...
Hoverflies start out as maggots, eventually growing to the little flies that hover in the muggy summer air, occasionally darting around and, now and then, landing on exposed skin. Hoverflies love to ...
Swampscott Conservancy You’re probably familiar with European or western honeybees (Apis mellifera) given that the popularity of keeping them is on the rise in suburban and even urban gardens. As the ...
The sure-fire way to know whether it’s a sweat bee or a corn fly buzzing around is if it stings. The halictid bee stings, but ...
WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio — Sweat covers Isaac Barnes's face under his beekeeper's veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his ...
Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’ face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. It’s a workout in what feels like a sauna as the late-morning June temperatures ...
Learn important facts about native bees. Plant your garden with native bees in mind and help these powerful pollinators ...
Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future Generally, most bees are heat-tolerant, but as the climate warms, some experts think their ability to fend ...
Bees cope in some ways with a warming Earth, but they're under increasing stress As the climate warms, some experts think bees' ability to fend off disease might become harder.
WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’s face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. It’s a workout in what feels like a sauna as the ...