Oregano is an abundant source of nutrition for honeybees and other pollinators. They are easily grown from seeds sown indoors ...
Want to know the core plants you can grow to add beauty while helping beneficial garden friends? Discover the best nectar-producing plants for honey bees and other pollinators ...
Bee balm’s red, pink, purple, or white flowers are particularly attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The nectar-rich blooms provide a valuable food source throughout the summer.
What’s a Butterflyway Ranger? Think of Butterflyway Rangers as pollinator ambassadors. They plant native wildflowers, rally their neighbours and make sure wild bees, butterflies and other pollinators ...
Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.
If you haven't got a lot of space, you can grow wildflowers in a container. You'll be able to enjoy a burst of colourful and interesting flowers while watching visiting bees, butterflies and other ...
Once the temps drop and snowflakes begin to fall, it’s easy to assume that insects have simply disappeared. And while many do vanish from our view, a significant number of temperate species survive ...
Almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination. One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on ...
My new research shows that bees, in particular, don’t really care about the landscape surrounding flower gardens. They seem to zero in on the particular types of flowers they like, no matter ...
I chose to focus on the declining population of natural pollinators and plants because they are so essential to our ecosystems. If more people took simple steps to promote native pollinators our ...