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 ...

Bee bodies may be built just right to help pollen hitch a ride between flowers. For the first time, scientists have identified where and how much pollen is left behind on bees’ bodies after the ...

Scientists have discovered that pollen is a hidden source of natural medicine for honeybees. Symbiotic bacteria called Streptomyces produce antimicrobial compounds that fight deadly bee and plant ...

In the Southeast, where I live, a coating of fine green-yellow pollen seems to cover the entire landscape each spring. You start seeing cars coated with enough pollen that you can read the messages ...

The diversity and availability of pollen foraged by honey bees across urban and suburban areas in the US varies drastically with the seasons, according to a study published June 12, 2019 in PLOS ONE ...

After grooming, bees still have pollen on body parts that match the position of flower pollen-sacs and stigmas, according to a new study. After grooming, bees still have pollen on body parts that ...

Researchers have created tiny drones that can lead to the development of devices that can do the job of bees. Experts, however, think that the technology would not be able to completely substitute ...

To identify what bacteria lives in the stomachs of vulture bees and how it compares to other bee species, researchers set up 16 bait stations with roughly two ounces ...

You may not like bees, but you don’t want to imagine a world without them. Although bee populations began to decline as early as the mid-20th century, scientists did not become alarmed about the ...