For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...

More flowers lead to more pathogen spread between bee species. In A Nutshell Scientists found that sites with more flower ...

A recent study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

Everyone knows that bees buzz around flowers in their quest for nectar. But scientists have now learned that flowers are buzzing right back -- with electricity. Plants generally have a negative ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Potentially deadly viruses in the pollinators are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of flowering ...

When we think of bee nests, we often think of a giant hive, buzzing with social activity, worker bees and honey. But scientists recently discovered a rare, solitary type of bee that makes tiny nests ...

Living on a mountain is hard for bees and flowers. It's cold. There's extreme weather. And new research has found it's getting even harder for both flowers and bees to make a living in alpine ...