Show kids the importance of bee habitats like flower patches. Help provide a safe place for the buzzers—which pollinate an estimated one-third of the food we eat—by building a bee hotel near this ...

A rare South African plant produces a fluid and scent that mimic honeybee blood to entice scavenging jackal flies to pollinate its flowers. Jackal flies from the genus Desmometopa ordinarily feed on ...

Viruses that could play a role in the recent decline in honeybee colonies may be spreading through flower pollen, new research finds. What's more, a number of wild pollinators, such as bumblebees, ...

At a dinner party, or in the schoolyard, the question of favourite colour frequently results in an answer of “blue”. Why is it that humans are so fond of blue? And why does it seem to be so rare in ...