These methods include producing sweet-smelling fragrances and sugary nectar. While some plants deliver on the promise of ...

A diverse and abundant flower planting that provides flowers in bloom all season may be more important to bees and other pollinators than whatever is surrounding the flower garden, according to a new ...

Fall flowers are a valuable source of nectar and pollen for butterflies and other beneficial insects at a time when food ...

German researchers compared agricultural landscapes, finding that organic farming provides the highest benefit to the bees.

Learn how to put out the welcome mat for pollinators on Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ag center in Boonsboro.

Grist reports on how, as global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical ...

Dandelion provides nectar for over 187 different species of wild bees. Flowers like dandelion, thistle (Cirsium sp.), poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and chicory (Cichoriu intybus) grow taproots which ...

Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that dictates the size of their ...

The study found that bees and other pollinators are attracted to bullseye patterns, which emerge on petals during early ...

Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that dictates the size of their bullseyes – a crucial pre-pattern that can significantly impact their ability ...

Bees prefer larger bullseyes in the flow pattern of flowers. The bullseyes form early in the petal's flow pattern, even ...