pollinators

Youth of the Colville Reservation partner with WSU Extension, 4-H to help nature heal from fires.

The WSU honey bee and pollinator program will start making honey in Othello after the honey extracting machinery was recently moved from its Pullman home.

New WSU research finds that a tiny bee imposter, the syrphid fly, may be a big help to some gardens and farms in Western Washington.

New WSU research finds the more diverse a farm’s plant population, the more beneficial it is for bee pollinators, and the more efficiently those pollinators work.

Beginner beekeeping course helps Washington residents raise important pollinators

To grow apples, we need bees. Apple growers depend on the humble honey bee to pollinate their crops, but there’s a delicate balance between hives, flowers and fruit. Bees fertilize apples by flying from flower to flower, feeding and distributing pollen. If bees don’t pollinate enough flowers, growers are left with a miniscule crop, but […]

Our experts explain the importance of honey bees to agriculture and the foods we eat.

This winter, the WSU honey bees, along with a dozen faculty, researchers, and students went to California’s Central Valley to do some research and pollinate almonds.

Winter is a tough time for the world’s most important pollinator

Gathering last-minute sips of nectar and pollen, bees at the Washington State University Teaching Apiary made the most of an unusually warm day before winter’s cold struck.