Gardener Puzzled After Spotting Tiny Bee Building Nest Like a 'Glass Blown Vase'

Gardener puzzled after spotting tiny bee building nest like a 'glass blown vase'

What looked at first like a tiny piece of blown glass in North Carolina turned out to be the work of a very small bee making its nest. The wildlife identification story became a reminder that native pollinators can be surprisingly intricate and that some of the most interesting wildlife sightings happen in ordinary outdoor spaces close to home. What happened? The sighting surfaced in a Reddit thread after someone in Gastonia, North Carolina, ask…

Bees and gardeners will be buzzing at the Shaler Garden Club’s annual tour

Christina Joy Neumann knows what bees like, and native and edible plant gardeners, too. The master beekeeper and honey sommelier has created an apiary...