In lab experiments and field studies, the team tracked the beetles with fluorescent dyes as they moved from cone to cone.

We tend to think of plants as passive, vulnerable actors. But in their partnership with insects, it’s plants that often play ...

Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with ...

A Chile-based ag technology company says its liquid pollination system can lift fruit set in United States orchards by about ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest form of pollination.

Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they ...

Honeybees, which are not native to the United States, may be outcompeting native bees for pollen. Ed Reschke via Getty Images Honeybees are often heralded as a symbol of biodiversity and a key species ...

If you want to keep enjoying apples, melons and blueberries, bees need to be healthy and cared for. Many plants rely almost entirely on bees as natural pollinators to produce some of nature’s most ...

The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...

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