Wild bumblebees are born with the ability to remove pollen from nectarless flowers using high-frequency vibrations, researchers have found. This study is the first to show that the ability to vibrate ...

‘All the flowers in the field were made to please the bees.” Or, at least, so said that great 20th-century philosopher Freddie Garrity, in Freddie and the Dreamers’ 1963 hit You Were Made For Me.

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 ...

Fennel is a friend of mine. I've grown it every year I've been a gardener, and, much to my amazement when I first moved west, the plant grows wild all over California. It's a weed. A delicious, ...

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 ...

At a time when the need to understand how declining bee populations influence the environment has never been more urgent, University of Stirling scientists have discovered that wild bumblebees are ...