Pollination and Bees

Learn how to identify native Pennsylvania pollinators and create pollinator-friendly landscapes using host plants and practical strategies that support healthy ecosystems.

Este video describe los materiales necesarios y los pasos a seguir para realizar la prueba del azúcar en polvo.

Native bees are essential pollinators. Learn how to identify them, understand their needs, and help them thrive in your landscape.

Explore the biology, ecology, and evolution of wild solitary bees and learn how to support pollinator conservation through science-based research and stewardship.

Throughout the years, homeowners have spent considerable time and money trying to achieve a perfectly green and weed-free lawn. However, a yard that is just grass is a floral desert for pollinators.

The continued creation of pollinator habitat in the average home garden is essential, not only for the pollinators themselves but also for the vast majority of land species on Earth, including us.

People who complain about bumble bees flying about under their homes' eaves are probably being annoyed by carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica).

Learn about the butterfly life cycle, and how to manage your garden to attract butterflies.

Learn the importance of native pollinators in Pennsylvania.

Discover how Korean beekeeping manages traditional and modern practices while confronting major honey bee pests, mites, and hornet threats.

El parásito Varroa destructor (Figura 1) es actualmente la plaga más importante de la abeja de miel occidental (Apis mellifera).

Learn why native bees matter, how they are identified and monitored in Pennsylvania, and what you can do to help protect these essential pollinators.

Learn why native bees matter, how they are identified and monitored in Pennsylvania, and what you can do to help protect these essential pollinators.

The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners are planning for another year of bee monitoring. Specially trained volunteers will help expand baseline knowledge of bee biodiversity in Pennsylvania.

Flies in the family Syrphidae are helpful allies in the garden and in the greenhouse or nursery.

Varroa mites (Varroa destructor), are the most influential of all of the pests and diseases of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) today.

There are numerous insects that can be considered "beneficial."

Beneficial insects are those that consume or parasitize insect pests.

Explore Pennsylvania's bee law—past, present, and future—and discover how upcoming changes may impact beekeeping across the Commonwealth.

One of the most important ways you can help pollinators is by provisioning your yard with many different kinds of plants that provide pollen and nectar. If you want to attract butterflies, you will also need to include a variety of larval host plants for butterfly caterpillars to eat.

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of the same flower or another flower. The result is the production of fertile seeds.

As a general rule, insecticides are more toxic to pollinators than fungicides and herbicides, but not all insecticides are toxic to pollinators.

By understanding the bloom color preferences of different pollinators, such as bees, flies, butterflies, and hummingbirds, gardeners can choose flowers to draw them into the garden.

Moths are as important as bees and butterflies among the world's pollinators. Although active at night, we must not discount their importance.

Many books, field guides, pamphlets, and online resources can provide thorough information about our native pollinators and aid in their identification.