Pollinators are small creatures with a big impact. In fact, they are responsible for about one of every three bites of food ...

Bumblebees collect up to seven times more toxic metals than honeybees, raising concerns about bee health and pollination.

Above: Bumble bees buzz pollinate crops like tomatoes when they collect pollen, which they store in a ball on their hind legs. It’s hard to deny the absolute benefits of the honey bee, but did you ...

A next-generation pesticide designed to kill crop pests may also be interfering with the reproductive health of bumblebees.

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

Bumblebees are only an inch long, but they help power the global food system. Roughly one-third of the food we grow depends ...

To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, trees should be pollinated by both honey bees and mason bees. A new study led by a researcher at the University of Gothenburg shows yet another benefit of ...

Pollinators – including bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and some nectar-loving birds – are a cornerstone of our ...

DEANNA. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT, A LOOK AT THE BUSINESS OF HONEYBEES. THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE POLLINATING OUR FOOD AND FLOWERS. AS WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA EXPLAINS. SMOKE DOESN’T ...

Among the many pollinators in Maine are butterflies that help carry pollen from flower to flower. Credit: Julia Bayly / BDN In the world of pollinators, honey bees clearly have the best public ...