Did you know Pollinator Week begins June 17, and runs through Sunday, June 23? To celebrate, let’s look at some of our important pollinators. First, a botany review: Pollination occurs when pollen is ...
Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the impact is swift and clear: Their floral “sweethearts” produce significantly fewer seeds, a new study finds. The study by Berry Brosi, an ...
Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...
Bees thrum among bright red blossoms on a spring day on Mount Diablo, near San Francisco Bay. Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, a young ecologist just finishing her doctorate at the University of California, ...
(WXYZ) — Michigan's Department of Natural Resources recently updated the state's endangered and threatened species list. Bats, bees, and butterflies were among the ...
If the governments of Australia can invest millions into the honeybee industry, they surely have the resources to support ...
With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as ...