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 ...

There’s something quietly alarming about a garden full of lush, flowering squash and cucumber vines that produces almost no ...

Tiny bees are vital for our food supply, pollinating crops like apples, almonds, and strawberries. Their crucial role in ...

Given our general reliance on something called “food” you’d think the issue of pollination — and its general decline — might be higher up the world’s agenda. Over 80% of crops require insect ...

Next time you see a bee hovering around a fruit tree, you're probably witnessing pollination in action. Pollination is what enables a plant to produce seeds and fruit—and, as research has shown, ...

When you think of a honey bee, you likely first associate it with, well, honey — but if you’ve ever eaten an apple or had a cup of coffee, you’ve benefited from a honey bee, too. Over one-third of the ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean environments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heiko119 / Getty Images Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...

Crops and flowers rely on them for survival, but wild bees are declining – and crucial nutrients will go missing from our diets as a result ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The recent cold weather has been hard on some fruit crops, but it's been even harder on bees, which are very important to those crops. “Pollination is ...