Kristina Mercedes Urquhart

A few relatively easy chores now can set the stage for your bees’ success in the seasons to come. Here are basic fall maintenance tasks.

Navigate the wrath of yellow jackets — aggressive insects that can each sting multiple times — by understanding seasonal changes in their behavior.

Hummingbirds travel thousands of miles per year, lay tiny eggs and have stunning wing speed. Here’s how to attract these pollinators and help researchers who study them.

As summer departs and autumn arrives, observe your colonies and ask these questions to give them the best chance of surviving winter.

Far more than just the nocturnal cousin to the lovely butterfly, moths are beautiful, important contributors to the ecosystem.

Does the female praying mantis bite off its mate’s head? Are some of them pink? What do they eat?

Beekeepers and outdoor enthusiasts will probably get stung at some point. Here are the first things to do after a sting (and if you’re allergic, see an allergist before it happens)

Hornets are not aggressive unless provoked, but they are big and have dangerous stings. They also love honey and cause trouble for bees.

In part two of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering dehydration, egg binding and egg eating.

Adulterated versions of honey are on the market, so don’t be fooled by misleading labels. Real honey is easy to spot if you look in the right places.