Created in 2015 by BASF, the Monarch Challenge has been a nationwide event with the goal of helping to increase milkweed habitats for monarch butterflies.

Many farmers wonder how they can take care of a pollinator habitat they planted in non-crop areas come winter.

In honor of September being National Honey Month, the Bayer Bee Care Program will launch three bee-care awareness initiatives.

It may be hard to initially wrap your head around planting milkweed next to your fields, but it may just be the key to attracting some of nature’s best pollinators. “When we start talking about it, the initial discussion might be a little challenging, because we are talking about what many people consider a weed, […]

Bees are crucial to the agricultural industry. You may already know that a sizable amount of food we eat is because of their crop pollination (though the exact percentage is the point of much debate), but there are many facts that people aren’t aware of. Here are 12 interesting facts about bees, nature’s first farmer: […]

The Bayer Bee Care Program has announced its 2018 Young Beekeeper Award winners, young people chosen for their outstanding commitment to pollinator health. They are the following: Leo Schirokauer, Shaker Heights, Ohio; Daniel McSween, Montgomery, Texas; and Jonathan Murphy, Denison, Texas. The first-place winner will receive $3,000 to put toward his beekeeping projects or college […]

An international team of researchers has discovered evidence of 27 previously unknown viruses in bees. The finding could help scientists design strategies to prevent the spread of viral pathogens among these important pollinators. “Populations of bees around the world are declining, and viruses are known to contribute to these declines,” said David Galbraith, research scientist […]

For National Pollinator Week, Syngenta is traveling the Monarch Highway to help raise awareness about pollinator health and stewardship.

August 19 is National Honey Bee Day, and Feed a Bee will be buzzing across the country to plant thousands of wildflowers from New York to California – all in one day. Since 2015, the Feed a Bee initiative has distributed over 3 billion wildflower seeds for pollinator plantings, establishing additional nutrition and habitat sources […]

Since 2006 when colony collapse disorder was first identified, there has been a steady increase in honeybee populations.