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May 6—(StatePoint) May 20 is World Bee Day, an opportunity to celebrate not only the beloved honey bee, but North America's 4,000 species of native bees, many of which are busy right now. "Throughout ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The bees in the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) historic insect collection are old. “So this bee right here was collected in 1948 in South Kingstown,” said Casey ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve done a lot with my backyard to make it much more pollinator- and hummingbird-friendly. I’m planning to make it an even better habitat for native bees by including more native plants ...

One of the more important steps backyard gardeners can take to help disappearing native bees is to grow native plants that provide continuous blooms throughout the season, according to Susan Carpenter ...

• Sow native plants. The Xerces Society has a list of guidelines that make it easy. • Tear out your lawns. Many species of solitary bees require access to bare ground and cover for nesting, so a ...

Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America? These lesser-known, but equally industrious insects not ...

* What it is: A midwestern prairie native that produces tubular pinkish-white flowers in May and June and then has foliage that turns burgundy in fall. Sometimes called Bradbury’s beebalm, eastern ...

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