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- NEW! Phantom Decoys, by Daitlyn Forster et al, in Bee Cutlure, December 15, 2023
- NEW! Penn State Pollen ID, by Noah Evans, in Bee Culture. December 12, 2023
- NEW! Honey Bees Switch Feeding, by Stephanie Baun, Phys.org, in Bee Culture, November 16, 2023
- Tiny Gardens, Big Rewards: How to Attract More Bees, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, October 12, 2023
- Honey Bees Faithful to Flowers, by Kim Kaplan, in Bee Culture, August 24, 2023
- Flowering Trees Revisitied: The Best Way to Save the Bees, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, August 12, 2023
- Pollinators Evade Plant Toxins, by Eric Ralls, in Bee Culture, May 6, 2023
- Tempting Blue-Flowered Caryopteris Makes Bees Sour: "We Want More!" by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, May 3, 2023
- Bigger Flowers, by University of Michigan, in Bee Culture, April 22, 2023
- Bees and Blue: Beautiful Blue Blossoms for Happy Honey Bees, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, April 19, 2023
- The Bee Inspired Garden: Spectacular Blooms for Bee People, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, April 9, 2023
- Nativars for Pollinators, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, April 7, 2023
- Garden Plan for Pollinators, by Claire Jones, in Backyard Beekeeping, Februray 22, 2023
- Revealing Photos Show Nectar-grubbing Honey Bees Piercing Flowers, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, March 14, 2023
- Succession Planting With the Best Plants for Bees, by Angi Schneider, in Backyard Beekeeping, May 19, 2022
- Honey Bees Want Soybeans, by Ed Ricciuti in Bee Culture, December 6, 2022
- Plants Battling for Pollinators, by Tessa Koumoundouros, in Bee Culture, October 12, 2022
- Sonicaton: Why Honey Bees Cannot Buzz Pollinate, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, September 21, 2022
- Managing Habitat for Flowering Plants Effects Bee Health, by Chuck Gill, in Bee Culture, August 19, 2022
- Big-headed Clover for Hungry Pollinators, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, August 7, 2022
- Pollination Syndromes, in Bee Culture, July 26, 2022
- Pollinators Prefer a Dash of Salt in Their Nectar, by Jennifer Ball, In Bee Culture, July 5, 2022
- Oregon Sunshine: Shine a Light on Your Pollinators, by Rusty Burew, in Noney Bee Suite, June 20, 2022
- Rewilding Your Lawn, by Johanna Silver, in Bee Culture, June 15, 2022
- Plants Flowering Earlier, by Chris Wyver and Laura Reeves, in Bee Culture, March 23, 2022
- Do Pollinators Prefer Dense Flower Patches? by Andrew Porterfield, in Bee Culture, February 24, 2022
- Trees for Bees, by Laura Dell-Haro, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first posted March 10, 2018, reposted February 2022
- Bees and Flowers: Best Friends Forever, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, January 7, 2022
- Plants and Pollinators Use Electric Fields, by James Ashworth, in Bee Culture, December 29, 2021
- Invasive Honey Plants: Are They Good for Bees? by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, October24, 2021
- Buckling of Flower Petals to Attract Bees, by Kathy Grube, in Bee Culture, October 13, 2021
- Don't Mow the Goldenrod, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first posted December 9, 2019, reposted September 2021
- Want to Create a Butterfly Garden? Here's What to Plant, Based on Your Space. by Kathryn Streeter, in The Washington Post, September 1, 2021
- Flowers Decide, by University of Susex, Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, in Bee Culture, August 26, 2021
- Flowers and Pollinators Are Not Synchronized, by Olivia Box, in Bee Culture, June 4, 2021
- List of Honey Bee Forage Species Within Region 4 for the State of WA, by the Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), 2021
- Challenges with Cultivars, by Tom Oder in Mother Earth News, March 2021
- Why Plant diversity is Important, by Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects at the University of Sussex, in Bee Culture, March 8, 2021
- 'Bee' Kind, Plant a Pollinator Garden This Year, by Christine Holtz, in Bee Culture, March 5, 2021
- Plant Trees for Bees, by Hilary Kearney, in Keeping Backyard Bees, January 20, 2018, reposted February 2021
- Make a Pollinator Garden! University of California, Division of Agriculture and natural Resources, 2021
- Lovage: An All-Purpose Pollinator Plant, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, November 28, 2020
- Grow Monarda Varieties: Bee Balm, Bergamot, Oswego and Horsemint, by KBB Editor, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first posted February 1, 2018, reposted November 2020
- Colorful Intricacies of Pollen, in Bee Culture, April 30, 2020
- Bee-Friendly Plants: Catnip, in Keeping Backyard Bees, March 26, 2020
- Best Management Practices for Planting Pollinator Forage, by Honey bee Health coalition and U.S. Canola Association
- Don't Mow the Goldenrod, by Jennifer Sartell, in Keeping Backyard Bees, December 9, 2019
- Strawberries and Honey Bees, by University of Gottingen, in Bee Culture, February 21, 2020
- Bees May Fare Better in Flower-Rich Cities Than Countrysides, Research Shows, by German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, in Genetic Literacy Project, February 4, 2020
- 40,000 Acres of Blooming Cover Crops, in Bee Culture, January 28, 2020
- How Flowers Adapt to Their Pollinators, by University of Vienna, in Phys.Org, December 5, 2019
- Habitat Assessment Guide for Pollinators in Yards, Gardens, and Parks, the Xerces Society, November 2019
- Yellow Star Thistle Produces Green Honey, by Matthew Hoepfinger, in Bee Informed, October 25, 2019
- Researchers Determine Pollen Abundance and Diversity in Five Major Pollinator-Dependent Crops, by Oregon State University, in Lab Manager, September 2, 2019
- Help Bees in Lean Times With a Variety of Blooms, by Dean Fosdick, in Morning Ag Clips, September 3, 2019
- 7 Compact Plants Perfect for Small Pollinator Gardens, by Jessica Walliser, in Trib Live, August 18, 2019
- The Buzz About Flowers, by Laura M. Zahn, in Science, August 9, 2019
- Plant-pollinator Interactions. 10 papers gathered from the Journal of Functional Ecology in the past two years addressing the plant-pollinator relationships. June 20, 2019
- Top 5 Plants for Late Season Nectar, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, first published October 21, 2018, reprinted July 2019
- To Help the Bees, Protect the Prairie, by Will Kane, in Berkeley News, June 14, 2019
- A List of Nectar-Rich Flowers
- CRP Colonies Had Better Health, More Bees and Greater Ability to Turn Nectar and Pollen into Vitellogenin..., by Sue Kendall, in Bee Culture, July 2, 2019
- Pollen Collected By U.S. Honey Bees in Urban Settings Shows Dramatic Seasonal Variation, by Public Library of Science, in Bee Culture, June 25, 2019
- Save the Bees (& Time & Money) with a Bee Lawn, in Morning Ag Clips, May 29, 2019
- Flowers Can Hear Buzzing Bees - and It Makes Their Nectar Sweeter, by Michelle Z. Donahue, in Naational Geographic, January 15, 2019
- Beescape.org Allows Users to Select a Specific Location and Obtain Landscape-Quality Scores for the Surrounding region, up to 5 Kilometers Away, in Bee Culture, May 21, 2019
- Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on On Non-Crop Fields, by Kim Kaplan, in Bee Culture, May 7, 2019
- Pollinator Garden, in Rutgers Gardens, 2019
- Want to Help Bees? Plant Flowering Herbs, , by Dean Fosdick, in Morning AgClips, March 19, 2019
- Prairie Strips Transform Farmland Conservation Converting Low-Profit Land Brings Big Returns, American Society of Agronomy, in Bee Culture, February 13, 2019
- Plants May Not Have Ears, But They Can "Hear" Way Better Than We Thought, by David Nield, in Science Alert, January 19, 2019
- Plants' Defense Against Insects is a Bouquet of Weapons, by Michigan State University, in Bee Culture, December 31, 2018
- Non-Native Plants in Homeowners' Yards Endanger Wildlife - Both Birds and Bees, University of Delaware, in Bee Culture, November 10, 2018
- Top 5 Plants for Late Season Nectar, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, October 21, 2018
- Motherwort As a Bee Forage Plant, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, October 10, 2018
- Sainfoin As a Honey Bee Forage Plant, in Honey Bee Suite, September 23, 2018
- How Bees Transfer Pollen Between Flowers, by Rusty Burlew, in Honey Bee Suite, July 17, 2018
- 10 Important Things to Know About Planting for Honey Bees, in Keeping Backyard Bees, July 17, 2018
- Bees Linger on a Flower, Emptying It of Nectar, in Bee Culture, May 23, 2018
- Garden Plan for Your Pollinators, by Claire Jones, in Keeping Backyard Bees, April 16, 2018
- A List of Nectar-Rich Flowers, by Gwen Bruno, in Home Guides, SFGate
- Heat Patterns Serve As Signatures for Flowers to Passing Bees, in Bee Culture, January 8, 2018
- Selecting Plants for Pollinators, Ecoregional Planting Guides, by the Pollinator Partnership
- Top Trees That Attract Bees, by Laura Dell-Haro, in Mother Earth News, October/November 2015
- Wildflower Plantings Do Not Compete with Neighboring Almond Orchards for Pollinator Visits, by Ola Lundin, in Environment Entimology, April 3, 2017
- Cross Pollinated Radishes Are Good to Eat and Honey Bees Love the Flowers, by Ray Mueller, in Bee Culture, October 9, 2016
- Steady Supply of Blooms Makes Garden a Bee Haven, by Pat Munts, Spokesman Review, April 21, 2016. Recommendations for flowers to plant in our area for season long bee food
- 20 Beautiful Flowers to Attract Bees to Your Garden, by Sierra Bright,Natural Living Ideas, January 21, 2016
- Let Dandelions Grow. Bees, beetles and birds need them: The Guardian, 12 May 2015