The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the ...

Honeybees collect a surprising amount of pollen from plants like goldenrod, poison ivy, clover and ragweed — “Things that most people would consider weeds,” said Kimberly Stoner, the senior author of ...

Bees use a variety of senses and memory of previous experiences when deciding where to forage for pollen, research suggests. Bees use a variety of senses and memory of previous experiences when ...

When it comes to collecting pollen, Australian bees take a more 'heavy metal' approach than their American cousins. Researchers have discovered that the Aussie species use 'headbanging' to forcibly ...

Were ancient bees specialists, devoting their pollen-collecting attentions to very specific plant partners? Or were they generalists, buzzing around to collect pollen from a variety of flowers in ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 1, 2016) A study by researchers at Purdue University has concluded that honey bees collect most of their pollen from non-crop plants that are frequently contaminated with ...

More than 70% of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder ...