Mow Before You Spray, and Other Tips for Protecting Pollinators in Grassy Landscapes
With the right combination of methods, landscape managers can strike an effective balance between pest management and protecting pollinators in turfgrass settings. A new, open-access guide in the Journal of […]
Study Finds Bees Can Have Their Wildflowers and Almonds, Too
By Josh Lancette New research published this week in the journal Environmental Entomology shows that planting wildflowers next to almond orchards does not cause fewer honey bees to visit the […]
Rearranging Nest Boxes Keeps More Blue Orchard Bees Around
Orchard growers looking for alternatives to honey bees for managed pollination services have new reason to be optimistic about the potential of one honey bee cousin, the blue orchard bee. […]
Termite as Pollinator? Fossil Specimen Captures the Act
As far as insect reputations goes, termites are typically known as pests. They get little of the adulation heaped on their pollinator cousins. But a new discovery of a fossilized […]