ID a bee?

When you discover how hard bees work for our food supply, you may never garden without them in mind again

GARDENING GUIDES Invite Cellophane Bees to Your Garden by Providing Patches of Bare Soil

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Look for cellophane bees (Colletes) pollinating flowering trees and shrubs in U.S. gardens this spring

GARDENING GUIDES 15 Native Flowers That Feed Native Bees

These perennials offer superfood to hundreds of bees and are gorgeous in their own right

GARDENING GUIDES Invite Mining Bees to Your Garden by Planting Their Favorite Plants

Look for mining bees (Andrena) pollinating woodland wildflowers in U.S. gardens this spring

EARTH DAY How to Design a Garden for Native Bees

By Debbie Ballentine

Create a garden that not only looks beautiful but also nurtures native bees — and helps other wildlife in the process

GARDENING GUIDES Plant Black Cherry Trees for the Birds and Bees

Plant Prunus serotina in the Central and Eastern U.S. for spring flowers, interesting bark and beautiful fall color

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Blue Vervain for Beauty and Bees

Try this tall and spiky pollinator plant for an unusual back-of-the-border look

HOLIDAYS 6 Holiday Gifts From the Garden

Your garden holds an abundance of gift ideas for your nature-loving friends — wreaths, bee houses, framed photos and more

FARM YOUR YARD Hello, Honey: Beekeeping Anywhere for Fun, Food and Good Deeds

By The Best Bees Company

We need pollinators, and they increasingly need us too. Here, why and how to be a bee friend

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Butterfly Milkweed, a Beacon in the Prairie

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Vivacious orange flowers for you, nectar for the butterflies and bees. Asclepias tuberosa is worth planting for more reasons than one