To bee, or not to bee. That is both the question and the problem. The European honey bee and many of our 4,000 species of native bees in the US are in trouble, dying off in large numbers. Without bees ...

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...

If you like to eat blueberries, apples, almonds and other fruits that require pollination, you can thank a honeybee. Farmers could not grow these crops without the essential service bees provide. "We ...

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

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