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Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. In a New Study, Spring Forest Bees Get Their DueTemperate forests in the eastern United States come to life in April and May with colorful blankets of wildflowers, birds singing from newly leafing tree branches, and plenty of insect activity. That includes one greatly understudied group of native insects: the forest-living bees. A new study, …

Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. Do you have a glossy green front lawn? What is this, the 1950s?Are our conceptions of gardening outdated and harming the planet? It turns out, yes, they are! So what should we do? Check out this article in The Guardian to learn how the "perfect lawn" is harming our pollinators and guidance on how you can create and maintain a pollinator-frie …

"Sustainable living aims to reduce personal and societal environmental impact by making positive changes that counteract climate change and other negative environmental concerns."Why live a more sustainable lifestyle? We know bees and other pollinators play a critical role in food production and support healthy ecosystems needed for clean air, soil stability, and biodiversity. We also know that bees are dying across the globe from various interrelated factors - mono-cropping, heav …

Blog post featured on Twinkl in its article "Why Are Bees So Important?" Since you're reading this post, the chances are that you are already familiar with the concept of solitary bee houses and hotels. Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener's friend, and providing nesting habitat is a great way to help declining native bee populations - especially in the human environment. We understand getting started can be a bit daunting! Countless gardening and home goods stores sell …