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 ...
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — In our food chain, honeybees are tasked with a vital function: pollination. In North America alone, honeybees’ role in pollination enables the production of at least 90 ...
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 ...
Although we’re in the middle of winter, soon we’ll witness the unveiling of springtime and all of its joyous colors: brilliant orange poppies, deep purple iris and vivid yellow tidy tips. And after ...
From dazzling colours to tempting shapes, plants use a number of tricks to attract insects which enable them to reproduce. Now, researchers have discovered an ornamental flower that takes plants' ...
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 ...
Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF A BEE IT MAY BE A STING YOU FEAR, THAT BUZZ YOU HEAR, HONEY YOUOV L , BUT FOR 5TH GENERATION FARMER HEATHER BONANNO-BAKER. >> OH, THERE’S A BEE RIGHT THEER POLLINATING. OH, IT ...