As the season for bees and wasps draws to a close, let’s get ready for next year’s pollinators. This year has had wasp traps flying off the shelves. Happily they work, and even better, seem specific to wasps. But why do we care? Some are so scared of yellow flying things that even the sight […]

We plant flowers to attract bees, have naturally growing things that attract bees, and in return the honey bees pollinate our flowering plants. Without pollinated plants, we’d have no wheat, no corn, and generally no food. That’s a problem. We’ve all read about the various theories on hives collapsing, and the concomitant lose of a […]