March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

Spring is approaching in the northern hemisphere, and with it come the perennial considerations about which kinds of flowers ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

Flower shape and size impact urban bee survival. Discover how planting diverse blooms can support wild bee populations.

• Host a picnic in the flower patch featuring foods made possible by bees, like apples, cherries, guacamole, almonds, melons, and even cheese—since cows often eat pollinated plants. Make bee ...

Researchers found that insecticide toxicity has increased in the last 20 years. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Just focus on planting different kinds of flowers—and lots of them. To test whether bees are more plentiful in natural areas, ...

They need bees to spread their pollen and help make new seeds. Bees love nectar so flowers offer up their nectar as a reward for visiting them. And they’ve got manyways of showing what’s on offer.

SARGODHA: Beneath a hazy, smog-filled sky, a beekeeper in Punjab carefully stacks boxes teeming with tens of thousands of ...

In a study published in the journal Ecological Applications, Concordia researchers look at how certain floral characteristics ...