Gardeners can attract bees to our gardens with the right mix of plants and flowers. Here are several key tips on landscaping ...
Out of over 20,000 bee species worldwide, most of us are probably familiar with worker bees that live in hives and nests, ...
Would you bee-lieve that mowing your lawn too early can be bad for the bees? Flowers like dandelions will be starting to grow ...
Since Darwin's time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy -- i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are also present -- has been understood as a passive ...
CHALLENGE yourself to find the hidden bee amongst the see of bright flowers. But how long will it take you? Bees are considered the most important group of insects as far as pollination of plants ...
Flowers are an essential source of food for birds and insects, including the dozens upon dozens of species of wild bees found in most cities. For them, what's on the menu is a matter of life or death.
As predicted, when the two flower types were more mixed and their flower colors were more similar, bees significantly decreased flower constancy. But when the same flower types were present in ...