That tiny anthill you noticed may actually be the entrance to a ground-nesting bee family. A single female bee excavates a ground nest by using her saliva and tough mandibles to break up and move soil.
John Womack |
Nov 2020 |
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Photo: Chesapeake Bay Project (CC BY-NC 2.0) (Cropped from original)
For years, a small wasp has helped control the cereal leaf beetle, a pest of grass and cereal grains. But now beetle numbers are climbing. Here are some options to reduce this pest's impact on crops.
This is the second unit of the 4-H Wood Science series. If you have completed Unit 1, you are probably asking: "Now what?" Developed by National 4-H Council and reprinted for use in Oregon. Click the "view ...
Many home gardeners put much effort into attracting bees to their summer flower and vegetable gardens. But it's just as important to be bee-friendly in the fall and winter. Here's how to do it.
Want to entice more bees to your vegetable garden? Plant mustard. Bees absolutely love mustard flowers! The pretty, bright yellow flowers produce an abundance of both pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators.
This is the third unit of the 4-H Wood Science series. This unit introduces new concepts of wood science and provides activities and experiments that can help you better understand these concepts. Developed by ...