Conservation

University trials tested 1,200+ plant cultivars for pollinator visitation. The gap between best and worst was 300-fold. Most garden center picks ranked low.

Confirmed in Georgia and South Carolina. Here's what the spread looks like by county, how fast it's moving, and what it does to honey bee colonies when it arrives.

The American bumblebee has vanished from 8 states. Rusty patched bumblebee is federally endangered. Bombus decline rates outpace every other pollinator group.