As we enter Summer, Minnesotans might spot our state bird (the loon), state fish (the walleye) or state flower (the pink lady slipper). Now, we can take notice of the newest addition in the state ...

“Plenty of our friends and acquaintances will open up a hive with virtually no protection ... just start looking at the pollinators and creating habitats and wild spaces for the bees,” Cedar said.

A 23-year-old ecologist known as "The Bee Man" is on a mission to conserve solitary pollinators by building them structures where they can nest — and he's urging others to do the same.

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...