This past Sunday at Gardenerd HQ we said goodbye to our bees. We've kept bees for 12 years now, but when the hubby went into anaphylaxis after being stung in April of 2024, we knew we had to change directions.
Today Robin Jones of Honey Girl Grows returns to the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. We chat about bees and monarchs and stuff you might not know yet.
Our podcast guest this week is Kim Flottum, long time beekeeper and author of more than 6 books. His latest book, is all about common sense natural beekeeping.
Kate Frey is an accomplished gardener. She earned awards from the Chelsea Flower Show. She co-authored The American Horticultural Society's Best Gardening Book of 2017. And she tended an organic…
Our 5-year-old hive up and died the other day. About a month ago, we noticed a pile of dead bees outside the hive. We didn't think much of it at…
A very cool question came in to Ask Gardenerd from Trevor Pratt this week: "How geographically dense does the distribution of pollinator gardens have to be in the LA area…
Today's post includes an infographic sent by Budget Direct down under. It shares how to create a bee-friendly garden for your local pollinator population. While here at Gardenerd we always…
The last video in our Plants for Pollinators Series on YouTube is all about vegetables and fruits for bees. A diversity of crop varieties will give bees plenty to forage…
We continue our Plants for Pollinators Series with Honeylove.org. Our latest video gives you helpful suggestions for trees and shrubs you can plant for the pollinators in your life. They…
I usually leave crafting to Martha Stewart, but this project has been four years in the making and I'm chuffed about it. Four years ago we began harvesting honey from…