For many years now, there has been a very strong movement to bring attention to the importance of pollinators in our ecosystem. From my view within the garden industry, this movement has created ...
Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...
Beyond biodiversity, stingless bees play a stabilising role in ecosystems under pressure. By enabling plant reproduction, ...
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Bee-hind the ‘Protect Pollinators’ license plate coming in 2026
Auburn native Lisa Conrad worked for five years to create the plate and set up the sponsorship with Pollinator Partnership.
There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...
It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...
Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with marketable size. To better understand this relationship between insect ...
If you want to get the buzz on Virginia bees, a new exhibit at Bridgewater College will highlight locals who do work to ...
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Stingless bees become world’s first insect to be granted legal rights in Peru
In a global first, Peru recognizes stingless bees as rights-bearing species, reshaping how insects fit into environmental law ...
They are found in tropical regions across the world, and about half of the 500 known species live in the Amazon ...
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Some plants attract pollinators by heating themselves and it’s probably the oldest pollination strategy
We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play ...
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