Bees occupy a central role in pollination, and their success in locating and utilising floral resources depends critically on their visual systems. Recent advances in imaging and quantitative analyses ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival – and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing ...

URBANA, Ill. — As the world’s native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry ...

TWO WELLS, Australia/MERU NATIONAL PARK, Kenya: In towering glasshouses at a tomato farm in South Australia, everything from the temperature to the ultraviolet radiation levels is tightly controlled.

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

DEANNA. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT, A LOOK AT THE BUSINESS OF HONEYBEES. THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE POLLINATING OUR FOOD AND FLOWERS. AS WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA EXPLAINS. SMOKE DOESN’T ...

The team at Nagaland University carried out research for nearly 10 years by using stingless bees for pollination in greenhouse conditions.