More homeowners are taking an interest in supporting pollinators with awareness of the losses of the insects. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, many species of bees and other pollinators, ...

How the COVID pandemic helped boost Michigan’s honey bee population Do you want to help save the bees? There are things you can do to your lawn to make it better for pollinators. Turfgrasses don’t ...

This June 2, 2019 photo shows a bumblebee approaching to feed from a group of foxglove (Digitalis) blooms in an orchard near Langley, Wash. Gardeners can help augment declining bee populations by ...

Eighteen months ago, I covered a large portion of my backyard with the seeds of white clover (Trifolium repens), also known as Dutch clover. This is the classic clover that grows in lawns and is ...

If you care about bees — well, let’s be real: If you care about eating (since bees pollinate the plants that produce our food) — two new studies underscore two simple things home gardeners in Southern ...

“White clover used to be a standard ingredient in every grass seed mix; 75 years ago no one planted a lawn without mixing a little white clover in with the grass seed,” recounts Roger Swain, host of ...