Bees may not be voted most beautiful among pollinators, the nod possibly going to butterflies or hummingbirds. But recent reports of bee decline have raised our awareness of how important these ...

I have read at least two articles in The Seattle Times about the lack of bees; each one seemed to focus on how to attract other insects to do the pollinating. Neither one mentioned hand-pollinating.

New vendors at the Central States Fair this year are offering products ranging from Indonesian rain forest marsupials to bees raised in Rapid City.