You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Would you be willing to plant 25 percent of your lawn to butterfly- and bee-friendly plant species? It would be good if you would, said Mike Muzzy, Rochester-based USDA-Natural ...

Plant aromatic herbs and flowers with bright colors to attract bees and butterflies to your garden. Include wooly plants to provide nesting materials for solitary bees and enhance biodiversity.

Lepper Library will host two special programs about bees and butterflies July 6. Bee Talk with Susan Nutter from Bees And Trees of Locust Lake Farm will be held from 3 to 4 p.m.. Nutter, headkeeper at ...

Butterflies and bees are important garden visitors — they’re both pollinators, which means they help plants reproduce. When ...

It’s all about the pollen. Every pollen-producing flowerpot helps support bees and butterflies, even those in cities surrounded by more concrete than natural landscapes. Researcher Kevin Matteson ...

Buzzing bumblebee birdbaths, butterfly benches and big globes will be on display in and around Elgin this summer to promote Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley’s Carter Crossing project in ...

Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...

EAST LANSING, MI. – Every pollen-producing flowerpot helps support bees and butterflies, even those in cities surrounded by more concrete than natural landscapes. Researcher Kevin Matteson spent years ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Some of nature’s smallest creatures will be larger-than-life at the John Ball Zoo starting Monday. The Power of Pollinators opens July 14 and runs through Nov. 23. The ...

Inside the confines of a butterfly and bee garden, signs of the season are all around. "A lot of pollinators have just started emerging and arriving. That's been really nice. A lot of the bumble bees ...