Winter is a great time to plant a native pollinator garden. Pollinators are the buzzing, flying creatures responsible for the formation of many of the fruits and vegetables that we humans love to eat.

With pollinators under duress from a variety of different threats, a number of environmentally-conscious local groups have been focused on improving the plight of butterflies and bees (and other ...

In 2002, Deirdre Birmingham and her husband, John Biondi, bought a 166-acre farm in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Area. On a portion of that land—once used to raise cattle and grow feed crops, ...

— Research from 2005, using data from NASA satellites, showed that the largest irrigated crop in the United States wasn't corn, or soybeans or wheat. No, the largest irrigated crop, covering over ...

Pollinator Week is coming up June 17-23, so I thought it would be appropriate to write about native pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. You may have read about the ...

National Pollinator Week is coming up (June 16-22), and it’s the perfect time to recognize the small creatures that play a major role in the success of agriculture. Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and ...

Joey Wright, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Jul. 11—CHAMPAIGN — Clearview Farm in north Champaign takes pride in regenerative agriculture and engaging with the community. Soon, the Atkins ...

Associate professor of entomology Zachary Huang points out an emergency cell the bees created after their queen bee was killed Aug. 30 at the MSU Inland Lakes Water Research lot. The Pollinator ...

Increasing urbanization worldwide is a growing threat to biodiversity. At the same time, flowering plants are often more diverse in cities than in the countryside. This is due to flowering plants and ...

Clearview Farm is set to begin construction soon on a pollinator garden between its alfalfa field and the Clearview North subdivision. Clearview Farm is set to begin construction soon on a pollinator ...