How many bees do you need to pollinate cucumbers? How do you maintain the hives? Answers to these questions and more.

Fernanda S. Valdovinos explains how intricate pollination networks work and how it can all change from one season to the next. [5:25]

Find out why keeping a part of your yard as bare ground is important for providing nesting habitat for native bees.

PBS features this program on orchids, including a short video on how an orchid encourages a bee to carry pollen to another flower. There are 3 articles focusing on the flower's ability to coax insects into pollinating other orchids, new...

Article on the bumblebee. Covers physical features, life in a colony and as a pollinator, and threats to its survival. Includes links to additional resources. (Published: April 14, 2008)

This book was created by 6th grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School as part of a learning expedition on bees and beekeeping. They investigated the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - a local and national threat to bees,...