Gardens buzz with life, especially when they host flowers that attract bees. These industrious pollinators are drawn to blooms that provide rich nectar and pollen sources. The dance between flowers ...

Boost pollination in your yard by planting this beautiful flower right next to your bird bath, drawing bees, butterflies, and birds to your plants.

Bees pollinate our crops and make it possible to live in a world with honey. Invite them into your garden with these annuals and perennials.

Honeybees get all the attention, but they aren’t the only bees pollinating our gardens. In Oregon, over 500 native bees are out doing their part, too As National Pollinator Week (June 17-23) nears, it ...

Bees don't perceive color the same way that we do. Find out the flower color to avoid if you want to attract bees, and which ...

CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Flower colors that contrast with their background are more important to foraging bees than spots or stripes on petals, British researchers say. Heather Whitney ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

For flowering plants, attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival – and new research shows how they do it is very intriguing.

What should you plant to attract native bees? Prompted by e-mails from readers of The Chronicle's recent articles on native bees, we looked at UC Berkeley Professor Gordon Frankie's Urban Bee Gardens ...