Targeted use of mixed legumes in agricultural systems could enhance yields while protecting pollinators, according to new research by Scotland’s Rural College. Protein-rich legumes deliver a range of ...

Since bees pollinate about one-third of the global food supply, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, their decline could have a direct impact on agriculture.

The bees were subjected to simulated heatwaves by being placed in tubes where the temperature was raised to 40 degrees Celsius for nearly three hours.

Bees are well-versed in the unspoken language of flowers. These buzzing pollinators are in tune with many features of flowering plants—the shape of the bulbs, the diversity of colors, and their ...

For bumblebees, the ability to smell flowers is a matter of life or death. Olfactory, along with visual, cues lead them to the best flowers , which they in turn use as a food source ( SN: 4/9/24 ).

The bees are having a rough go of it. Declining populations, parasitic wasps, and continued environmental degradation would be stressful situations for any species—and the planet’s vital ...

Finding nest sites is part of general bumble bee monitoring programs in Lake County but this is the first year dogs have been used to assist. “The expectation is to get more information on how ...