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

Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to ...

Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influence ...

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 ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

Those weather factors, along with rising temperatures and humidity levels, all play a part in the success of corn pollination, notes Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field agronomist. Despite the ...

Learn important facts about native bees. Plant your garden with native bees in mind and help these powerful pollinators ...

Why insects are so crucial to life on Earth In the US, bees of all sorts are said to account for 75% of the pollination of the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the country. It is a similar ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has released the results of its 2024 Cost of Pollination survey. The survey, conducted in all 50 states, was sent to ...

But for farmers producing plants for hemp fiber and those cultivating flowering plants for medicinal purposes, cross-pollination between neighboring fields has become a significant challenge.

A Waikato beekeeper has come full circle in what is an increasingly unpredictable business. Matt Crawford said limited ...