Bee-friendly gardens make people happy! Whether your preference is a tranquil sanctuary from a chaotic world, an eye-catching ...

Invite ALL bees Honey bees are not the only insects that benefit from ... As the garden transitions into summer, plants like hyssop and coneflower take center stage with their long blooming periods ...

Lesley Deem, left, works with local beekeeper Nathan Beach to stabilize an indoor bee colony at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

Today the humble honey bee provides us with a significant ... And of course bees play their part in pollinating the flowers that make our gardens come alive in the summer. It really is worrying ...

To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers ... worked with a bee researcher from the University of Massachusetts Boston in the summer of 1998.

Bees collect nectar and pollen from the various floral sources over the spring and summer months. Honey changes from year to year, depending on the amount of rainfall during the season and what ...

The bees spend the rest of the year elsewhere, many in North Dakota or South Dakota for honey production in the summer ... to the places where there are flowers blooming so the bees can find ...

They can get involved simply by selecting and planting certain flowering plants that attract bees. “We point people ... very distinctive floral notes. Summer honey, which is more amber in ...

Bees are amazing creatures. Not only do they make tasty honey, but they are also involved in pollinating lots of our food and wild flowers ... This tends to happen in summer when the weather ...

Judy Terry is a freelance garden writer who hopes to lead you through many fantastic gardens.

dusted with bee and fennel pollen and infused with harvested lavender honey. A true synthesis of the surrounding neighborhood’s blooms (10 million surrounding flowers, shrubs, and trees in their ...