During the past week, the Northland received two chilly mornings with temperatures in the 20s: Sept. 12 it was 29 degrees and Sept. 15, 28 degrees. With clear skies, these early morning temperatures ...

A “bee fly” is a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard work. A “bee fly” looks a bit like a bee, but it’s a freeloader that takes advantage of a bindweed turret bee’s hard ...

Ah, summer! We can enjoy the warm weather, lots of sunshine and the sweet aroma of wildflowers in the air. Believe it or not, though, one group of flowers is infamous for the unusual odor they give ...

Several years ago, so many bees, flies, wasps and other pollinating insects would be buzzing around blooming flowers in our gardens, orchards, woodlands and fields that we took the creatures for ...

Pollination, the transfer of pollen from male to female parts of the same or a different flower, is necessary to produce ...