The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission emphasizes the importance of Florida’s native bee species in a Facebook post.Florida’s native bee species play a vitally important role in our ...

If you sit in nature and really look, there’s a good chance you’ll see a native Florida bee. They just may not look how you expect. There are more than 320 bee species in Florida, of which about 30 ...

The variety of the state’s bees, and their many quirks, may surprise you. A blue calamintha bee visits a Ashe’s calamint plant. The blue bee is critically imperiled and found in a few Florida areas, ...

Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...

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.

Something is happening in the sprawling fields of the American South that doesn’t quite add up on paper. Despite the fact that cotton, peanuts, and soybeans are perfectly capable of producing a ...

Wild bumblebees are in serious trouble. Bumblebee populations have declined by roughly 46% across North America and 17% in ...