The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, winter gives us a chance to encourage a natural rhythm. As the first signs ...

Why are we talking about winter bees in August? The eggs that the queen will lay — the eggs she is laying now — will carry us through the winter. Bees that were born earlier in the year will only live ...

A man-made food source provided honey bees a nutritious diet at a commercial scale over the course of two winter seasons, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers. The ...

Insects use different mechanisms to survive the winter. Some species, such as praying mantis, spend the winter as eggs, then hatch in the spring. Others, like woolly bear caterpillars, go into a ...

The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...

A bee with pollen adhering to the legs sits at the entrance of the colony in front of a perforated grid of the pollen trap. As it passes through the mesh, it will brush off its pollen loads. These ...