For Richard Mannino, bees are the most important animals on planet Earth. Mannino made the declaration as he began a lecture April 17 on bee keeping at the Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center in ...

It’s an excuse I’ve been dreaming of: A reason to NOT mow my lawn. A “No Mow May” movement is afoot to nurture our bee population for a good reason: bees are incredibly important to our own survival.

Would you believe me if I told you one of the best films of the year is a Macedonian documentary about the last female wild beekeeper in Europe? You should — because it is. “Honeyland,” which won the ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

Where do mason bees live? Learn about the mason bee life cycle, mason bee predators, and what you can do to help this gentle and productive pollinator. Mason bees are one of Mother Nature’s most ...

On the front porch of an old Coast Guard station on Appledore Island, seven miles off the southern coast of Maine, Thomas Seeley and I sat next to 6,000 quietly buzzing bees. Seeley wore a giant pair ...

With their ominous drone and painful stingers, bees get a bad buzz. But they're both a vital part of the ecosystem and misunderstood backyard friends ... With their ominous drone and painful stingers, ...

About to dive into 'Bee Geniuses: The Life of Bees' on any device? Check out streaming services and cable providers with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can pick what works best for ...

Margarita Lopez-Uribe reveals how squash bees evolved to thrive on our modern farms. Pollination gets personal when Shane meets Margarita Lopez-Uribe, an entomologist who studies squash bees — a wild, ...