Michigan gardeners can start preparing your bee-friendly gardens with several key tips on plants, landscaping and more.

There are over 4,000 native bee species and many are in decline. Here are beneficial types of garden bees that need a boost ...

There are no native bees in North America that live in a hive or produce honey ... none of them produce wax; none of them make big structures like you would think of with a honeybee.

The beginning of spring marks the start of beekeeping season. It is when beekeepers will check in with their hives and hope that their bees made it through the winter. Desilets said she checks on her ...

Mason bees are among the 4,000 types of bees native to the U.S. The honeybee isn't one of them — they were brought to the U.S. from Europe in the 1600s. Mason bees don't live in hives and they don't ...

The cause has been attributed to many things, including diseases carried by mites, human development, use of pesticides and other factors that make life hard for bees. Colorado, with its harsh winters ...