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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Flower garden with a variety of colors, one with a bee on it - Marina Lohrbach/Getty Images As the bee population continues to decline at an alarming rate, it's important to do what we can to help ...

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

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 ...

Despite their beauty, flowers can pose a grave danger to bees by providing a platform of parasites to visiting bees, a team of researchers has determined. “Flowers are hotspots for parasite spread ...

Adrian Dyer receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Jair Garcia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...