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 ...

Bees pollinate in the spring because this is when both plants and bees most need each other. After winter, flowering plants ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 1, 2016) A study by researchers at Purdue University has concluded that honey bees collect most of their pollen from non-crop plants that are frequently contaminated with ...

Bees use a variety of senses and memory of previous experiences when deciding where to forage for pollen, research by the University of Exeter suggests. The researchers believe pollen-collecting bees ...

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 ...

Biologists have tagged hundreds of bees with QR codes so they can track their movements, and in doing so they have finally begun to solve the mystery of how far bees travel from the hive when they are ...

Without the diversity of plant life that pollinators help support, our air, soil and water quality can all suffer.

Bees pollinate in the spring because this is when both plants and bees most need each other. After winter, flowering plants begin to bloom, offering fresh pollen and nectar. For bees, these foods are ...

Bees use a variety of senses and memory of previous experiences when deciding where to forage for pollen, research suggests. Bees use a variety of senses and memory of previous experiences when ...