Early in the morning, you have the best chance of glimpsing a superhero in your garden. Deep inside the zucchini blossom, you're likely to catch one slumbering away, nestled right up next to the ...

In autumn, we see pollinators busy at work in flowers all over our area. But have you noticed that some flowers seem to attract many more pollinating insects than others? Recently, while wandering ...

I’ve mentioned before that some of our native bees are specialists and today I want to introduce you to some bees you may want to get acquainted with if you grow squashes, gourds or pumpkins. These ...

From tomatoes to pumpkins, most fruit and vegetable crops rely on pollination by bees and other insect species -- and the future of many of those species is uncertain. Now researchers are proposing a ...

You might not be thinking of pumpkins right now, but if you would like to try growing your own, it's time to get started. To grow pumpkins, you will need a large, sunny area for the vines to grow in ...

Why does the fruit of my pumpkin plant turn yellow and fall off before ripening? I keep the plant in a big pot with full sunlight, water it daily and fertilise with compost or chicken manure ...

In autumn, we see pollinators busy at work in flowers all over our area. But have you noticed that some flowers seem to attract many more pollinating insects than others? Recently, while wandering ...