Planting flower strips in a field with at least two species can increase the number of natural enemies of pests by 70 percent. The more flower species, the better the effect, according to a new ...

MILLIONS OF BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOMS — past seasons have seen over 70,000,000 in one gorgeous go — grace the hillsides of The Flower Fields each year. Well, "each year" isn't quite correct, so let's put ...

Testing bumblebee navigation by relocating workers and recording how quickly they returned to the colony, using small radio frequency identification tags. Pollinators, such as bumblebees, are ...

Pollinating bees aren’t fond of fertilizers or pesticides due to the way chemicals impact the electric field around flowers, according to a study published today in the journal PNAS Nexus. 🐝 Science ...

Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilizers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers have found. Pollinators are less likely ...