I NEVER THOUGHT I would be so into pollinators as I was the other day after leaving a workshop at Norfolk Botanical Garden. I came home with a pollinator house I made of bamboo and an even greater ...

Orchard growers looking for alternatives to honey bees for managed pollination services have new reason to be optimistic about the potential of one honey bee cousin, the blue orchard bee. A recent ...

We’ve gotten through the holiday season and I’m beginning to hear people talk about spring. While the warmer weather is still a ways off, it is time to think about installing nesting boxes for some of ...

The orchards, gardens and natural areas of the Yakima Valley depend on pollinators to flourish. Managed hives of non-native honeybees pollinate the orchards. After blossom drop, these hives are moved ...