It’s easy to view bees and mosquitoes as pests. But ahead of Wild Blueberry Weekend, it’s worth learning about the powerful role they can play in our ecosystems.

It’s easy to view bees and mosquitoes as pests. But ahead of Wild Blueberry Weekend, it’s worth learning about the powerful role they can play in our ecosystems. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers ...

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more important than honeybees. ... A Melissodes desponsa found in Maine.

Bees are critical to the blueberry population in Maine, according to farmers in the state. Lisa Hanscom of Welch Farm in the Washington County town of Roque Bluffs, Maine, said the native ...

The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century.

Native bees face a range of serious threats — from habitat loss to climate change to invasive and nonnative species — but pesticides are one of the gravest. Systemic insecticides like neonicotinoids ...

The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century.

The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century.

The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century.