Some bees are skipping the pollination process altogether, piercing flowers to steal nectar without spreading pollen. This behavior, known as nectar robbing, could have major implications for plant ...

Farmers throughout the country rely on beekeepers like the Wheelers to grow bees to pollinate more than 100 types of fruits and vegetables. “I just don’t really know why, but [the number of ...

This time of year, millions of bees are needed to pollinate more than 1.5 million acres of almond trees that are planted mostly in the San Joaquin Valley. Beehives are trucked in from across the ...

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The flowers of passion fruit are large, attractive, colorful and fragrant. The flowers produce a plenty of pollen and nectar that facilitate insect pollination. The principal insects visiting passion ...

Female drones, or worker bees, do the pollinating and collecting of honey. Solitary bees are bees that naturally live by themselves. They have no hive or queen. They also do not produce honey, ...

Officially opened in 2022 The Bee is a library on wheels that transports books and more around the county. Going along with the name the unit aims to "Pollinate the Community with Good Things" which ...

Since starting their beekeeping business southwest of San Antonio in late 2019, the Wheeler family has aimed to produce about 3,000 bee colonies each year, many of which are used to pollinate ...

Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. This means that pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. Bees are very important ...

Bees, particularly honeybees, are crucial for plant pollination and agricultural production, with the Western honeybee being the most preferred species globally, contributing significantly to ...