I need the bees mainly for the pollination of my avocado trees. Without beekeeping, avocado farmers like me must rely on feral insects. There are plenty of bugs out there, of course, and on small ...

and how aspects of farm management and the surrounding landscape affect both the diversity of wild bees in crops and the pollination services they provide. In some cases, wild bees do not appear to ...

Almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination. One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on ...

Researchers are developing robots that promise to automate a process that has always relied on human workers—and bees.

And of course bees play their part in pollinating the flowers that make our gardens come alive in the summer. It really is worrying then that these very special insects are in decline. Ever ...

I study bees and other pollinators. 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 ...

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...

While many trees are assisted by pollinators like bees and butterflies, some trees are self-pollinating - this includes pomegranate trees. But, what exactly does this mean? And what do you need to ...

Aside from making a delicious natural sweetener, honeybees—which are not native to the U.S.—also provide a crucial service to agriculture: pollination ... But Russian bees are more resistant ...

Pollination by animals contributes to a third ... as nutritionally important carotenoids and antioxidants. For example, bees improve the nutritional value of rapeseed by increasing the ...

According to the UN Environment Programme, bees pollinate about 71 of the crop species ... Wong worked as an arborist, managing trees for 10 years. But four years ago, a trip to Madagascar ...

the Chaste tree, rosemary, oregano, Walter’s Viburnum, and sunflowers. If you are growing vegetables or fruits, you want to attract pollinators. You may not want to keep bees yourself ...