While most people picture the beloved honey bee when they think about bees, North America actually has 4,000 species of native bees, many of which are busy right now.

It may seem obvious that figs get a green check for anyone living with a vegan diet, but that's actually not the case. Here's ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce ...

The future of smashed avocado might depend on patches of native vegetation preserved alongside farmland, as new Curtin ...

The Bee Apiary at The Oasis Farm will host its first Honeybee Talk and Hive Visit session on July 13 at 10:30 a.m. The Oasis ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state.

Honeybees are generalists that take pollen and nectar wherever they find it, so your Pacific Northwest natives make for a ...

When creepy crawlies find their way into your home, grabbing a shoe or a bottle of bug spray is a natural response. But what ...

The honeybee, with its black and yellow coat, exemplifies pollinator prowess. Apis mellifera, or honeybees, are extraordinary insects that pollinate about 15 billion worth of food crops each year ...

Part one of a two-part feature on honeybees explores existential threats they face, from climate change to mites and bears.

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...