For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen. In turn, pollinators rely on flowers for food, including both nectar and pollen. If you're a gardener, you might want ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...

Claire Therese Hemingway is affiliated with The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institue. Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many ...