In the summertime, the air is thick with the low humming of bees delivering pollen from one flower to the next. If you listen closely, a louder buzz may catch your ear. This sound is the key to a ...

Flowers use a variety of strategies to inform pollinating insects about their pollen reserves, including color, smell and even electrical changes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Check out this happy bee feeding on nectar and covered in pollen, then read about why pollen is so vital for bees and plants.

Picture a big, round, fuzzy bumblebee buzzing around a flower garden, collecting nectar and pollen. A bumblebee visits a flower. KQED Deep Look on Giphy As it approaches the next flower, the bee ...

Bumblebees aren’t merely bumbling around our gardens. They’re actively assessing the plants, determining which flowers have the most nectar and pollen, and leaving behind scent marks that tell them ...

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 ...

Many cities are introducing green areas to protect their fauna. Amongst such measures are flower strips, which provide support to flower-visiting insects, insect- and seed-eating birds. According to ...

WALPOLE – A canceled lunch date turned into a business opportunity for resident Ariel Harris, 24, who recently launched Blossom By Bees, a nonprofit organization that plants self-sustaining wildflower ...

A blowfly on lavender flowers. Flies are the unsung heroes of pollination. They visit flowers to stoke up on energy-rich nectar and protein-rich pollen and transport pollen from flower to flower in ...