More flowers lead to more pathogen spread between bee species. In A Nutshell Scientists found that sites with more flower ...

A recent study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Flower garden with a variety of colors, one with a bee on it - Marina Lohrbach/Getty Images As the bee population continues to decline at an alarming rate, it's important to do what we can to help ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...

A new study has found caffeine can be used to help bees locate specific flowers. The research suggests the drug enhances bee memory and makes them more efficient at homing in on certain targeted ...

Bees that land on short, wide flowers can fly away with an upset stomach. The parasite (Crithidia bombi) is transmitted when the insects accidentally ingest contaminated bee feces, which “tends to ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields—acres ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...

Everyone knows that bees buzz around flowers in their quest for nectar. But scientists have now learned that flowers are buzzing right back — with electricity. Plants generally have a negative ...