Martin Dohrn remembers the “pang of loss” he felt when he last saw Nicki. She was becoming slower and greyer, he knew; then ...
This gasp-inducing documentary shows a man buzzing over the remarkable insects that bumble around his garden … and ended up changing his life ...
Have you noticed leaves or even flower petals on your plants with perfect quarter-inch to half-inch circles cut in them? I have really noticed them on rose bushes. It looks like someone took a hole ...
As if ON CUE, leafcutter bees stole the show when they revealed a fascinating aspect of their life before a sold-out crowd at Trista Imrich’s garden party in Alanton in Virginia Beach. It was guest ...
Q: What's eating my pea leaves? — Ron Boe, Fargo. A: When leaves develop neat, circular holes on the margins of a leaf, it's the work of leafcutter bees, who use the material for nesting. They're good ...
Leafcutter bees have sharp jaws resembling serrated knives, yet they are surprisingly docile. These hard-working bees are known for slicing through plant leaves, leaving signature holes in their wake.
These alfalfa leafcutter bees are a key focus at the NDSU's Insect Cryobiology and Ecophysiology Network lab. The lab is a partnership between the university and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
It is remarkable how, after our prolonged heat, a few late rains and cooler temperatures have triggered roses to resume blooming. It is as if the roses, in defiance of a frost that is just a few weeks ...
Scientists have noted instances of leaf-cutter bees using plastic waste to construct their nests and one research group suggested such behavior could be an 'ecologically adaptive trait' and beneficial ...