Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to school. It has been a hot and wet July, but hopefully things will dry up some ...

The planting effort is part of a pilot project to determine whether flowering meadows are a productive use for the 100 capped landfills throughout the Adirondack Park.

We plant all different kinds of gardens, but some do more for our ecosystem than you can even guess — including a pollinator garden. These are specially designed to attract and support creatures like ...

This year, as every year, when the ground began to warm, I rushed to my seed box to begin planting pollinator-friendly plants. Zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, and borage are among my usual contenders.

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions—here’s what I learned Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower.

Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influence ...

CLEMSON — Merle Shepard is working on a honey of an idea. The Clemson insect expert wants to use flower power to attract more bees to farm fields to fertilize crops. The plan is to plant wildflowers ...

For the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in Colorado to study the interactions between wildflowers and bumblebees. The pollinators buzz among fields ...

Across the United States this June, gardeners are turning their attention to the insects that make everyday meals possible.

When people talk about helping bees, the advice is usually simple: plant more flowers. That advice is not wrong. Bees do need ...