native bees

Maine promotes native pollinators

Tuesday night the Somerset Beekeepers met for their monthly meeting, and were joined by a number of the county's master…

13 years ago

Saving the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee

Bumblebees are the gentle giants of the pollinator world, so big and fuzzy and mellow that you just want to…

13 years ago

3 trees that offer early season food sources for Maine bees

The early spring season is a very difficult time for bees and beekeepers.  When the temperatures start warming the bees…

13 years ago

Help Runamuk do more for pollinator conservation!

I've been presented with an exciting new opportunity--stumbled into it, really. Our core group of Somerset Beekeepers is made up…

13 years ago

Studying native bees on the Maine coast

I'm excited to announce that this August I will be participating in a five day seminar called "Native Bees as…

13 years ago

Bees have been good to me

So what if I'm quickly becoming known as the local "Bee-lady"--that's not so bad (better than being the crazy cat-lady,…

14 years ago

Pollinator Conservation at MOFGA

Keith said I had a glazed look in my eyes as we sat in the conference room at the MOFGA…

14 years ago