In a typical pollination scenario, the spiky, genome-packed pollen from a flower’s male stamen attaches itself to the fuzzy torso of a bee. The bee travels to the next flower in search of more nectar, ...

If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...

The humble honey bee is responsible for up to 80 per cent of plant pollination worldwide. But population numbers are in steep decline because of habitat loss, pesticides and pollution – threatening ...

As bee populations dwindle globally due to a myriad of factors such as climate change, pesticide use, and habitat loss, the need for innovative solutions to sustain vital pollination processes becomes ...

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

A hearty welcome to spring, which officially begins at 5:58 p.m. on Wednesday, the vernal equinox. As if to greet the season, a familiar sound is revving up now: bee buzzing. Most of us probably take ...

Stewart and Lynda Resnick’s Wonderful Co. is among a handful of honey bee farms responsible for the pollination of a third of Americans’ food. But the real buzz is how they rent them out. Thousands of ...

It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...