Pollinators
4 guides tagged Pollinators
How to Help Bees Without Keeping Bees
We sell beehive kits, and we are going to tell you plainly that buying one is not how you help pollinators. Honey bees are managed livestock. The bees that need help are the several hundred wild species already living in your yard, and helping them costs less than a hive, takes less time, and works.
Updated Aug 2026~15 min read
How to Get Rid of Carpenter Bees
Round holes in the fascia, sawdust on the deck, and a big shiny bee hovering in your face every time you open the back door. Here is the order of operations that actually ends it: identify the bee, judge the damage, trap the scouts, plug the tunnels at the right time of year, and finish the wood so next spring there is nothing to drill.
Updated Aug 2026~15 min read
The Best Carpenter Bee Traps (2026)
Carpenter bees drill perfectly round holes in bare softwood, then come back to the same board every spring. A well-placed trap turns that loyalty against them without a drop of spray. We ranked five traps that actually catch bees, explain exactly where to hang them, and say plainly when a trap is the wrong tool.
Updated Aug 2026~13 min read
Bee vs Wasp vs Hornet: How to Tell What You Are Looking At
Ten insects people call bees, sorted out for good. What each one looks like, what it nests in, whether it can sting you more than once, what it actually eats, and what you should do about it. Including the single most useful fact in this whole guide: the thing at your soda can in August is almost never a honey bee.
Updated Aug 2026~16 min read