Are Honey Bees an Invasive Species?

Honey bees are  model workers and important pollinators, but are they invasive? Should we be trying to save them or should we be forcing their eviction? As beekeepers, we get asked a zillion questions about bees. Over the years, the most common questions have centered on how to "save the bees." Just recently, that tone …

The Truth about Native and Invasive Plants

Seeing these seeds blow in the wind makes my heart sing! Even better, find a wild salsify plant and release it's huge umbrella seeds... Once upon a time, we actively tore out "invasive" plants. We participated as volunteers with our local soil water conservation district and with our parks department. We thought we were doing …