Two beginner beekeeping courses are taking place this spring at Mitchell State Park in Cadillac. Join the Saturday classes, 9 ...

Learn about basic bee biology, beekeeping equipment, choosing your apiary location, installing your bees, caring for bee health, seasonal tasks and more.

Spring is approaching in the northern hemisphere, and with it come the perennial considerations about which kinds of flowers ...

A new method of examining gene expression patterns called landscape transcriptomics may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are ...

That’s why, after defending her doctorate in entomology and biology at North Carolina State University, she immediately ...

Pesticides, widely used to protect crops from pests, often unintentionally harm pollinators like bumble bees. A new study, ...

Some people grow vegetables in their backyard. Some keep chickens and collect the eggs. A class tomorrow in Othello will help folks discover another thing they can grow in their yards: honey. "We've ...

Flower shape and size impact urban bee survival. Discover how planting diverse blooms can support wild bee populations.

Bees take more than 75 years to return to restored grasslands, warns new research. The finding underlines the importance of preserving grassy areas as reservoirs of biodiversity, say scientists.

So, whether a bee has a short or longer proboscis ... a professor in the Department of Biology, contributed to this study.