WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 – Bayer and its partners in a new Feed a Bee steering committee are making available $500,000 over the next two years to fund projects that will increase forage and plantings ...

Conventional wisdom suggests that to nourish one colony of honeybees it takes one acre of blossoming trees, shrubs or flowers to thrive. No one really knows for sure and of course there are so many ...

It’s all about the pollen. Every pollen-producing flowerpot helps support bees and butterflies, even those in cities surrounded by more concrete than natural landscapes. Researcher Kevin Matteson ...

Christian W. W. Pirk received funding from University of Pretoria and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- It is a bleak time to be a bee, and that's bad news for humans. The insect's population is declining in North America, the result of shrinking habitats and pesticide use, raising alarm ...

Millions of famished bees with their rain-drenched hives in tatters along Hurricane Ian’s path are feeling the kindness of strangers. Five tanker trucks holding 508,000 gallons of syrup was ...

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Claire Therese Hemingway is affiliated with The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institue. Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many ...