Scientists writing in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems have studied the nutritional value of 57 types of pollen and found that bees need to forage from a variety of plants to balance their ...

Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. Pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. Bees are very important for carrying the ...

I study bees and other pollinators ... Each week we sampled every flowering plant in every garden, in every landscape, for five minutes each. We used a modified, hand-held vacuum we called ...

However, pollination is from all invertebrates, of which honey bees are a significant contributor. Pollination is the vital process in flowering plant reproduction involving the transfer of pollen ...

Want to know the core plants you can grow to add beauty while helping beneficial garden friends? Discover the best ...

It's what allows plants to reproduce and grow the fruits and vegetables humans need for a balanced diet. And the thing is, bees are some of the best pollinators out there. In fact, they've co ...

Almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination. One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on ...

Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.

From December to February, mustard fields across Bangladesh become buzzing ecosystems as bees, both wild and domesticated, ...

A study carried out by WWF and Buglife looked at the state of bees in the east of England and found that 17 species have already gone regionally extinct. Almost 90% of the world’s wild plants depend ...