Seeing these nests reminded me that I had a section box from the previous year that held some mud nests. I went to check on the section box, which I had put outside a month ago, and sure enough two of the bees,Osmia aglaia, had already emerged. These bees, sometimes called berry be...
Entomologists, nursery inspectors, and others have repeatedly discovered exotic insects new to Connecticut. Here, I report the first captures and distribution of eight non-native species in Connecticut: Meconema thalassinum (De Geer) (Or... C. Maier - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of ...
Parting company with Sherman a second time, I made another new discovery while waiting to take one last ride on Roy’s shuttle. Tisha, one of the founders of 80 Acres Farms in Hamilton, Ohio, introduced me to salad greens grown with indoor vertical farming techniques, with advanced lighting ...
Previous studies have demonstrated that human-modified environments can structure bee communities interspecifically, based on the matching of functional traits to local environments21,22. However, less known is whether human-modified environments can structure bee functional traits intraspecifically. The lite...
Learn about the needs of native bees Find out how to grow a Bee Safe Yard In depth advice on butterfly gardening More Books The Cancer Survivor’s Garden Companion is a heartfelt ode to gardening’s role in recognizing and overcoming both the physical and emotional challenges of a cancer di...
Based in Ohio, the Davey Tree Expert Company has offices across North America–Steve is based in a northern Virginia office. For attracting pollinators in the Washington DC metro area, Steve recommends native trees that thrive in our particular climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers). “...
Their hind legs were then carefully removed using clean scissors and forceps (cleaned with 10 % bleach between samples) and then placed in a separate 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube (Eppendorf™) with a PBS solution (PBS; VWR Chemicals, Ohio, USA) for removing pollen from legs (in bees with ...
Honey bees are crucial pollinators for agricultural and natural ecosystems, but are experiencing heavy mortality in North America and Europe due to a complex suite of factors. Understanding the relative importance of each factor would enable beekeepers t
This June 2015 photo provided by The Ohio State University shows a bee on a flower in Southwest Minnesota. A new federal study finds that honeybees in the Northern Great Plains are having a hard time finding food as conservation land is converted to row crops. (Sarah Scott/The Ohio State ...
She has been keeping native and honey bees for 15 years and gardening on her hillside for 42 years. Her one-acre Missouri limestone hillside garden, where her neighbors said nothing would grow, is now regenerated to support a working apiary, certified wildlife garden and Monarch Way Station. ...