A new study analyzed pollen from 57 North American plant species, identifying those most nutritionally beneficial for bees, ...
Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews. Specifically, bees and wasps and a whole lot of sneezing. “It’s gotten to a point, like, I ...
Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate flowers. Yes, I said insects, birds and other animals. We all know about the ...
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 ...
University of Maryland Biology Professor Carlos Machado studies the extraordinary partnership between figs and their tiny pollinators—and what happens when some evolutionary partners turn into ...