pollinators

Monarch Butterfly feeding on a rubber rabbitbrush bloom. (Adobe Stock │ #499457615 - Jim)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

How to attract butterflies to your garden

Gardeners can attract butterflies with specific plants and habitat features, including milkweed and seasonal blooms. Read More

Beekeeper checking a honeycomb full of bees and honey in the cells of his hive. (Photo: iStock - Diego Cerro Jimenez)
Regional Roundup, Southern Region, Texas

West Texas beekeeping field day April 18

Landscape architecture for spring and summer garden featuring a pond. (Adobe Stock-#451868350 │ rabbitti)
Home and Family, Outdoors

Learn how to create and care for a wildlife pond in your backyard



Despite lower commercial honey production, small-scale beekeepers in some regions of the state reported stronger honey yields during the 2025 production season. (Courtney Sacco and Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Texas beekeepers navigate a mixed honey harvest

  • By Mary Schrieber │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) is an excellent, highly recommended native plant for pollinators. It is especially good for native bee support. (Photo by Katie Kammler.)

Pollinators: Patience pays off

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
A bee on a chrysanthemum extracts nectar to make sweet honey. (Adobe Stock │ #295334838 - andov)

How to incorporate native plants in the garden

Squash bees pollinating. (Photo courtesy of Tamra Reall.)

Thank a pollinator for your Thanksgiving dinner

A grass field adorned with a myriad of flowers in an array of breathtaking colors. (iStock │ #1856236102 - Vladislav Gomzyakov)

Chaos gardening – wild beauty, or just a mess?

Hand pollination flower with brush. (iStock │ #133833585 - DLeonis)

In the garden: Why is my crop not producing fruit?

Lawn closeup (K-State Research and Extension)

Turf Wars: tips to maintain lawn goals

  • By Maddy Rohr │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)

Companion planting: Positive partnerships that produce more