This is a busy time of the year for the commercial beekeepers. The majority of the commercial beekeepers are involved in the ...

Introducing some artificial pollination to the almond fields may help lesson all these problems. That's certainly the view of Eylam Ran, who says "we are pushing bees into places they shouldn't be ...

Almonds occupy almost a million acres ... simple economics at work - a reduction in the supply of bees increasing the price of pollination services. But that's not what economists see at all.

Many crops have pollination as a yield limiting factor like it is for avocado farmers in many geographies including my region. Almond and other fruit farmers depend on bee facilitated pollination ...

Human impacts go beyond fragmentation of habitat to other modifications. We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination ...

Researchers from several US and Canadian universities looked at seven major fruit, vegetable and nut crops that are dependent on pollination - by wild bees and managed honeybees, which are often ...

Pollinators improve crop quality by influencing plant interactions, boosting nutrition, and enhancing economic value.

Bees aren't the only thing disappearing — so are our shorelines.

All sorts of fruit and vegetables are pollinated by honey bees, such as broccoli and squash, apples and almonds. Pollination is not just important for the food we eat directly, it’s vital for ...