The hamlet of Castelfalfi, which was a ruin just a couple of decades ago, has been fully restored and its houses sold to new occupants. From the shady terrace of the poolside bar, guests of ...

Adding a bee hotel to your garden is a wonderful way to support native pollinators. Unlike honeybees that live in large hives, most of our native bees are solitary. They spend their lives diligently ...

Bricks, wood, and hollow stems fill up a large, sheltered bee hotel. (Tobias Hampl/Courtesy Pixabay.com) Artificial bee habitats, commonly called “bee hotels,” are a popular form of intervention in ...

Remember that cute little wooden box of yours, with the hollow tubes in it, that you put up in your backyard last spring? It may not be the pollinator paradise you imagine. Bee hotels have had a real ...

‘Bee hotels’ make a cute addition to your garden and help promote native pollinator populations. Isn’t that just the bee’s knees? Did you know that honeybees aren’t native to North America? However, ...