It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...

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 ...

With a broad mix of plant and animal species, the San Diego region is widely regarded as a global biodiversity hotspot. As key pollinators, bees play a foundational role in the region’s floral ...

A recent study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that more bees equals more pollination, and that bee shortages are to blame for diminishing ...

Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...

Flowers pollinated by honeybees make fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. That could be because honeybees spend more time buzzing between flowers of the same plant ...

Plant a field of sunflowers, and watch them grow. All summer you will see something amazing. In the morning, all the sunflowers will face east in the direction of the rising sun. As the sun moves, so ...

An international research team led by the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna has made an extraordinary discovery: fossilized lime blossoms and fossilized bumble ...

National Pollinator Week is June 21-27. To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First a botany review. Pollination occurs when pollen is moved within a flower or, in the case of ...

Carpenter bees don’t get as much attention as honeybees, but they’re essential to cross-pollinate plants in Missouri and Kansas. Pat Sullivan AP file photo While honeybees experience a national moment ...