Sydney Oliveira talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the importance of pollinators and how we can support them. Pollinators play a vital role in keeping our ecosystems healthy and our food ...

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 the start of May begins Alaska Native Plant Month, a time to celebrate not only the precious sprigs awakening from their ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

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 ...

Discover five specialist pollinator plants to add to your yard this spring. These plants are unexpected in a pollinator ...

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 ...

When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...

Bees aren’t the only insects pollinating red clover. Moths do about a third of the flower visits after dark, new research suggests. The findings, detailed in the July Biology Letters, come as a ...

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Pollinator gardens are the talk of the town these days. Flowers that are known to attract bees and butterflies are purposefully planted in the garden to encourage pollination, which is essential for ...