While this cute bumblebee spent a frolicking time, it taught us that life is too short not to taste a flower.

The majority of Earth's plant species, including our crop plants, rely on the services of animal pollinators in order to ...

High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors ...

Bee pollen may also contain some flower nectar and bee digestive enzymes. Once the bees return home with the pollen they collect, other bees cover it with a small amount of beeswax and honey.

Wild honeybees in Southern California are devouring the food supplies of native pollinators — posing a potential threat to ...

Ongoing research into the effect of environmental change on the buzzing of bees reveals that high temperatures and exposure ...

Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a significant threat to native California bees and other ...

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...

Supplements derived from bee pollen, which is comprised of flower pollen, nectar, enzymes, honey, wax, and bee secretions, are becoming increasingly sought-after due to their myriad health benefits.

Cheerios' recent campaign to give away flower seeds was both wildly popular and, no surprise, controversial. General Mills, maker of the O-shaped oat cereal, said it initially planned to dole out ...

Solitary bees are a diverse group of wild bees that nest alone rather than in hives or colonies like honeybees or bumblebees ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...