Oregano is an abundant source of nutrition for honeybees and other pollinators. They are easily grown from seeds sown indoors ...

Bees are among the most important wildlife you'll find outside – as one of the top pollinators, they help our gardens thrive, enabling the production of fruits, berries and nuts. Incorporating ...

NARRATOR: Plants cant move. They need bees to spread their pollen and help make new seeds. Bees love nectar so flowers offer up their nectar as a reward for visiting them. And they’ve got manywa ...

Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring ...

Plant a range of flowers in your garden so bees have access to nectar from March to October. Bees love traditional cottage garden flowers and native wildflowers, like primrose, foxglove, and marigolds ...

For plants to make seeds ... cabbages and apples. Bees love to live in natural green spaces, like meadows full of wildflowers and wooded areas. Some of these areas are being replaced by roads ...

I study bees ... of garden can help boost pollinators – even when the surrounding landscape has few resources for them. The one constant in all our research is that insects love flowers.

You can see them out gathering pollen sometimes, on a warm sunny winter day. It helps if you have some nectar and pollen plants. Recently I was at a local nursery and saw a table full of Gaillardia.

A biologist explains what to focus on if you’re designing a garden with pollinators in mind − and what you don’t need to worry about.