Most species on Earth exist as two biological sexes, and the exchange of genes between males and females is vital for their ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy ...

The harvest looks like nothing more than little piles of dirt. Here inside Landis Homes’ woodworking shop, they might be mistaken for sawdust. Look closer to see tiny circles of mud, a yellow ball of ...

Signing up and Zoom link: https://extension.wsu.edu/spokane/event/attracting-and-keeping-native-mason-bees/ Spring is getting closer and with it planning for early ...

MASON BEES ARE SMALL. They don’t look like what we think a bee should look like and in fact more closely resemble a fly, although some are an attractive metallic greenish-blue. While they might live ...

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 ...

BOTHELL, Wash. — Jim Watts calls himself a farmer, but he doesn’t raise livestock or crops. Watts is a bee farmer. Across the West, growers are turning to a tiny, overlooked insect to pollinate crops: ...