Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...

The effects of January’s cold weather in Leon County have many characteristics. In addition to the realistic possibility of the occasional subfreezing thermometer readings and frosts, there is the ...

Bees are fantastic pollinators. Without them, ecosystems would not thrive. Unfortunately, over the last 15 years, there has been a significant decline in both bee colonies and individual bees due to ...

Notice giant black bees buzzing around your backyard? Those enormous insects you’ve spotted are carpenter bees, he said. Carpenter bees use their powerful jaws to burrow into wood, leaving “siding, ...

It’s a warm summer day. Carpenter bees are cruising lazily through the air, pausing from time to time to investigate a flower. Like butterflies, they go perfectly with the season. Females create and ...