Once the temps drop and snowflakes begin to fall, it’s easy to assume that insects have simply disappeared. And while many do ...

In fact, I find it delightful to watch bees flying from flower to flower. They are busy working with no concern for my ...

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long ...

A tiny flying robot that acts as a pollinator by approaching flowers like a living bee and transferring pollen has been developed. Its size is similar to that of an insect, but it is as agile as a ...

If there are no bee-friendly flowers around, mix 50/50 white sugar and water to give the bumblebee a one-off energy boost, providing the carbohydrates it needs to fly. Simply offer a drop or two of ...

In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers. In a single ...

French customs officials said on Monday that a record 31,000 tonnes of illegally imported honey touted as an all-natural ...

My new research shows that bees, in particular, don’t really care about the landscape surrounding flower gardens. They seem to zero in on the particular types of flowers they like, no matter ...

Schematic representation of foraging trials using two bee species. Osmia cornifrons and M. rotundata were assayed in indoor foraging arenas using A) Capsella flowers—in each trial, the arena was ...