They need bees to spread their pollen and help make new seeds. Bees love nectar so flowers offer up their nectar as a reward for visiting them. And they’ve got manyways of showing what’s on offer.

My new research shows that bees, in particular, don’t really care about the landscape surrounding flower gardens. They seem to zero in on the particular types of flowers they like, no matter ...

but keep observing it—young bees will emerge the following spring. Around the flower patch: • Play close attention to the bees that buzz around the flower patch. Is there a particular flower ...