Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law designating the black and gold bumblebee as the Illinois State Bee.

Bumblebees are picking up dramatically more toxic heavy metals than honeybees, even when both species forage in the same ...

Bumblebees collect up to seven times the amount of toxic heavy metals as honeybees even when foraging in the same environment, new research from the University of Cambridge has found. Exposure to ...

My grandmother was a master gardener and flower farmer in the South. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of ...

Tomatoes are, fortunately, one of those helpful garden plants that are capable of self-pollinating. While it's true that a single vine will usually produce fruit without another plant nearby, it will ...

BumbleBee’s Cafe in Blue Ridge, Georgia is exactly that kind of place, the sort of spot that makes you wonder why you ever ...

From the moment you plant your tomatoes, you begin looking forward to those tasty harvests, but there are a number of reasons ...

Kate Titford of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) finds out why we need to go wild for bees ...

People try all sorts of pruning, watering, and fertilizing tricks to achieve a bigger tomato harvest. Find out why shaking ...

Soil temperature is the variable most gardeners ignore, and it costs them weeks of growth every season. Plant tomatoes when the ground reads below 60°F (15°C) and you’ll watch seeds rot, seedlings ...

purple basil and cherry tomatoes being harvested from a windowsill - Dmitrii Marchenko/Getty Images There are few duos as classic and complementary as tomatoes and basil. Living proof of the phrase ...