When you step into your garden in the warmer months, chances are you’ll spot bees buzzing and butterflies flitting from flower to flower. They’re not just beautiful to watch—they’re essential workers ...

Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds to your garden. The fragrant perennial shrub has a tubular flower that is perfectly suited to the birds' beaks. Fenkep Now that the last cold snap of winter ...

Pollinators like bees and butterflies play a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems and supporting the plants around you. As their habitats become fragmented, these important creatures need ...

Every fall, gardeners everywhere grab their rakes and leaf blowers to clear their lawns of fallen leaves. It feels tidy, it looks neat, and for many, it has always been the “right” thing to do. But if ...

If you want to draw butterflies and bees to your garden while handling the heat of summer, Thai basil (Ocimum basilicum) is a smart choice. This hardy herb thrives in high temperatures and doubles as ...

”There are 30% fewer butterflies flying around in your yard, on the farm, in natural areas than there were 20 years ago,” says Scott Black, Xerces Society’s executive director. The monarch butterfly ...

Ever have a butterfly land on your fingertip or heard the buzzy mumble of a bee foraging in a flower? You’ve touched a miracle. Pollinators give us so much. They grace our lives with beauty, keep our ...

Bee colonies are rapidly declining, which spells bad news for the environment. As of 2025, annual honey bee colony losses in the U.S. are projected to reach between 60% and 70%. Although not all ...

There is something very special about seeing hummingbirds, bees and butterflies at home in your garden. First, if nature is giving your yard the thumbs up, you must be doing something right, and ...

When you are starting to plan a pollinator garden, a climbing rose may not be the first plant that comes to mind. Many of the best plants for pollinator gardens are natives and wildflowers that play ...

Butterflies and bumble bees are all the rage these days at the U.S. Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s all in black and white — literally. The museum is hosting or assisting with two separate ...

MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages Wisconsinites to help native pollinators during Pollinator Week ...