The invasive Houdini fly (Cacoxenus indagator), a kleptoparasitic insect about the size of a fruit fly, is spreading across North America and significantly impacting mason bee populations. Over her ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy garden. Mason bees, for ...

Installing a bee house or bee hotel in your garden is an easy way to make your space more attractive to pollinators and ...

Mason bees hibernate in cocoons through the winter and emerge in early spring, pollinating up to 95% of fruit tree and flower blooms. They are easy to host, require no beekeeping skills, and are ideal ...

Gardeners are always looking for natural ways to improve their harvest, and one solution gaining attention involves a surprising helper: mason bees. Unlike honeybees, these gentle, solitary ...

Bees need us and we need them. In your yard, plant a succession of spring, summer and fall flowering plants so bees have a continual source of nectar. In return, they help pollinate plants in our home ...

In recognition of Earth Day, North Shore News columnist Laura Marie Neubert shares the importance of how we can keep the busy ...

BEE AMAZED! Watch & Learn: See the full mason bee life cycle and predators that harm them in this BEE AMAZED video filmed with macro lens. Want Pollination Without the Hassle of Cleaning? Many enjoy ...

Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in record numbers. Commercial beekeepers are reporting losses this year ranging between ...

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"Mason bees are incredible pollinators," says Thyra McKelvie, Global Solitary Bee Educator and Managing Director of Rent Mason Bees. "They belly-flop onto flowers, collecting loose pollen that easily ...