When blooms appear on our fruit trees or vegetable gardens, we happily anticipate a bountiful harvest. If the bees help by doing their pollinating job, the fruits and vegetables should begin to ...

Apple production is fundamentally dependent on the transfer of pollen between flowers, a process traditionally attributed to managed honey bees but increasingly recognised as a multifaceted ...

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 ...

Ninety percent of flowering plants require the help of animal pollinators to reproduce, including most of the food crops we eat. But massive declines in the populations of bees, the most efficient ...