For some guests staying at the Hilton Vancouver Washington hotel, scoring a room with a view won’t mean a picturesque city skyline or Columbia River vista. Instead, visitors will see the hotel’s new r ...

1. Place clean nesting material out in spring. Bees emerge when temperatures reach about 55degF. 2. Do not leave nesting material out year-round. Remove it at the end of spring--mason bees only live 6 ...

Hidden predators like pollen mites, Houdini flies, and chalkbrood linger inside nests, emerging in spring and harming future generations of bees. Proper cleaning removes these threats, ensuring every ...

BOTHELL, Wash., Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As pollinator populations continue to decline, Rent Mason Bees is leading a nationwide effort to educate and empower people to properly care for mason ...

Climate change is turning up the heat in blueberry fields, with rising temperatures causing both direct and indirect damage to this favorite summer-time fruit. The recognizable signs of heat damage ...

Honeybees pollinate much of the food we eat, including fruits, nuts, grains and vegetables. Because our food supply relies on honeybees, the agricultural industry closely monitors their population and ...

You’re probably familiar with European or western honeybees (Apis mellifera) given that the popularity of keeping them is on the rise in suburban and even urban gardens. As the name implies, honeybees ...

Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as well as flowers. When most people hear about keeping bees, they think of ...

Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honeybee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards around ...

• Sow native plants. The Xerces Society has a list of guidelines that make it easy. • Tear out your lawns. Many species of solitary bees require access to bare ground and cover for nesting, so a ...