Flower strips, seed mixtures, and wild by design. We want to help bees and other vital pollinators, which are in decline all ...

Bees and flowers communicate in colors, scents and shapes. Now scientists have discovered that bumblebees can also sense flowers' electric fields. This sixth sense helps them remember and ...

Bees can sense a flower’s electric field—unless fertilizer messes with the buzz. Bumblebees are really good at picking up on cues from flowers, even electrical signals.

Each bumble bee species selected a different group of flowers, even though the bees were foraging across the same plots. “It’s important to consider the availability of plants when determining ...

Navigating the world of pesticides to find those that don't harm beneficial insects can be difficult, but here are some of ...

Robotic bees seem like a fairly simple proposition; fly the robot around to flowers, collect pollen, transfer pollen, done. Just one problem: Some plants don't give it up that easily.

The bees, in turn, change the charge of whatever flower they land upon. Robert’s team showed that the electrical potential in the stem of a petunia goes up by around 25 millivolts when a bee ...

Bees and flowers, of course, co-evolved with a long-standing symbiotic relationship: The bees depend on flowers for nectar, which they use to produce honey, ...

Gardeners can prepare for spring 2025 by building a bee-friendly garden. The vital pollinators are in need of conservation as their populations decline. If you have a green thumb, it may be the ...

Far from bumbling from one flower to another, bumblebees actively seek out the flowers they are targeting by identifying the invisible patterns of scent the petals give off, new research has found.

A new study has found caffeine can be used to help bees locate specific flowers. The research suggests the drug enhances bee memory and makes them more efficient at homing in on certain targeted ...