National Pollinator Week is in June. Bee food MegaBee is the name of a new bee diet developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman. Bees can eat MegaBee as a meal or snack when the weather is too cold for them to venture outside their hive or when flowers that bear pollen and nectar (the staple foods for adult bees) aren’t yet in bloom. The product is a source of proteins, vitamins, and minerals that bees need for good health. DeGrandi-Hoffman, who is based at the Agricultural Research Service’s Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona, developed […]