There are many variables to consider when moving bees, including time, weather, distance and hive type. Beekeeper Scott Svab ...

The smallest bee on the earth, Perdita minima, or mini fairy bee is just 2mm-the width of a grain of rice. Though they may ...

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 ...

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 ...

Native plants are crucial to creating a habitat landscape, but native bees need more to compete against nonnative honeybees ...

By J.J. Barrett Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to school. It has been a hot and wet July, but hopefully things ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to ...

“Ground bees are very seasonal and often confused for yellow jackets,” explained Evans, an award-winning research ...

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 ...

The wildflowers are in full bloom, but we’ve seen only four butterflies all week, a tiger swallowtail, a great spangled ...