bees

Bees love honey, but did you know that some bees crave flesh?

Under the bill, HOAs wouldn’t be able to keep people from having beehives as long as they’re actively maintained for honey and adhere to other Indiana laws.

The initiative aims to find out how to best create and maintain pollinator habitats at federal buildings and elsewhere.

While the Bee Corp originally targeted the almond market in California, it expanded into the seed, berries and avocado markets both in the United States and globally last year. The investments will be used to fuel new growth.

Hands-on learning in an East Indianapolis community garden builds skills for life.

The calypso orchid is one of the most eye‑catching little flowers you'll see on forest floors across the Northern United States, Canada, and Europe. It's an early bloomer that appears in springtime each year, showing off deep purple petals and a yellow fringe on its dainty white lower lip.

There's a type of mustard plant, called "Holboell's rockcress" which naturally grows a dainty, light blue flower atop its narrow stem. Sometimes you'll see a Holboell's rockcress sporting a bright yellow cluster of leaves that looks suspiciously like a buttercup.

In a bee hive, most bees work hard collecting pollen from flowers, except the queen, who doesn't even have to leave her hive.

If what we mean by hearing is just that a plant detects and responds to sounds, then there's evidence that plants can hear. In 2019 a team of Isreali scientists published evidence that the evening primrose plant can detect the specific sound vibration frequencies of the buzz of an insect's wings.

According to legend, King Arther gained the crown by pulling a sword from a rock. Queen honeybees have an equally enchanting way of ascending to the throne. It's called the royal jelly.