Robots replacing bees as pollinators? ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUZZ OFF, BEES. POLLINATION ROBOTS ARE HERE. Advances in artificial intelligence are helping some startups develop another way to pollinate plants, which could increase yield compared with insects and human workers Across the globe, startups are testing robots to pollinate everything from blueberries to almonds. ILLUSTRATION: JUSTIN METZ Read more

Beekeeping isn’t for everyone, but everyone can help promote pollinators by selecting pollinator-friendly landscapes and plants! Follow these links by clicking to see a guide tailored to our local area. https://xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/17-049_04_XercesSoc_Pollinator-Plants_Mid-Atlantic-Region_web-3page.pdf https://www.pollinator.org/PDFs/EasternBroadleaf.Oceanic.rx18.pdf  

Pollen is an essential component of life for honey bees as they forage for and gather it. It is a pain if you, like me, suffer from exposure to pollen at this time of the year. An extremely useful website (and app) I’ve been using for the past few years is pollen.com.  It provides a Read more

Beekeeping isn’t for everyone.  Over half of all new “beekeepers” are no longer doing it after two years.  It isn’t easy and there are a myriad of things to learn and apply to be successful. However, there are other ways to foster pollinators and create environmentally-friendly landscapes for bees, butterflies, wasps and many other “bugs”. Read more