For a few brief moments, the rain let up and a bright pink creature emerged from its rocky crevice. Nearby scientists spotted the colorful mountain creature — and discovered a new species.

For a few brief moments, the rain let up and a bright pink creature emerged from its rocky crevice. Nearby scientists spotted the colorful mountain creature — and discovered a new species.

“Bees are attracted to your hummingbird ... of favorite flowers, but a few they love include mountain mint (Pycnanthemum spp), butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), bee balm (Monarda spp ...

“Bees are attracted to your hummingbird feeder because the sugar water in the feeder is similar to the nectar that bees look for in flowers,” says Becky Griffin, a pollinator health associate wit the ...

If you left your native perennials stand for the winter so the birds could eat the seeds, good for you. Now you are ready to clean up that garden to greet the new gardening season. But before you ...

Don’t just fill your borders with one or two summer-blooming species. Create a mixed mini-meadow that flowers successively from early spring to fall. The different bloom timings, colors ...

For reasons similar to herbs, be sure to keep bee balm (Monarda spp.) away from the mailbox. Bee balm, as you might guess from the name, is one of the best bee magnets for the garden. The bright pink ...

They said birdfeeders are an easy and tasty source of calories for ... hirta), Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis), and Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) are some local favorites.” ...

One of the best ways to attract hummingbirds to your yard is to grow ... Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) and Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata) especially. As the name suggests, the Scarlet variety ...