For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated either by wind shaking flowers or by bees, which fly into the flowers and vibrate, releasing the pollen into the air. But inside a greenhouse or indoor ...

The diversity of bees and of the flowers they pollinate, has declined significantly in Britain and the Netherlands over the last 25 years according to research led by the University of Leeds and ...

With several species of bees and bumblebees on the endangered-species list, it's time for humans to help restore bee populations -- and to make sure plants still get pollinated. Anna Haldewang, an ...

Bees leave an electric trace on pollinated flowers, telling other bees the flower is tapped out. A study found fertilizers change that electric field and put bumblebees off from fertilizing. Bees are ...

While we think of bees as black and yellow, there are species that come in different colors. Read here about blue-banded bees!

It seems like everyone is enthusiastically installing pollinator gardens these days. I love to see folks appreciating the ...

As winter ends and the weather begins to warm, the buzzing of bees will increase. Instead of focusing on the well-known European honeybees, which live in large hives, this article is about our native ...

Bees aren’t the only insects pollinating red clover. Moths do about a third of the flower visits after dark, new research suggests. The findings, detailed in the July Biology Letters, come as a ...

I’ve mentioned before that some of our native bees are specialists and today I want to introduce you to some bees you may want to get acquainted with if you grow squashes, gourds or pumpkins. These ...

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