I study bees and other pollinators ... because most of the color and variety in human diets comes from plants pollinated by insects. Maybe you’ve heard that insects worldwide are declining ...

A biologist explains what to focus on if you’re designing a garden with pollinators in mind − and what you don’t need to worry about.

Native bees are some of the most effective pollinators because of their specialized hairs for collecting pollen and their wide-ranging foraging behavior. Native bee biodiversity is essential to ...

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 ...

Despite the team’s improvements, the robotic insects still cannot match the capabilities of natural pollinators. However, the researchers aim to improve the robots’ flight time and precision to enable ...

The honeybees were going from bloom to bloom, gathering what the flowers had to offer. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship. The bees get the pollen and nectar they need. The pollen they will ...

Meanwhile, the alfalfa leafcutting bees tended to visit flowers with a high pollen protein-to-lipid, or more protein than fat, content ratio. In this case, they prioritized nutritional quality.